Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence, but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work. –Animal Farm, George Orwell

-Which excerpt from the text uses imagery to describe Boxer?
“nearly eighteen hands high”
“not of first-rate intelligence”
“he was universally respected”
“his steadiness of character”

Go through each answer. Try to picture them in your head. Number 2 you can't because... Well, you just can't. Number three is telling you about what people think of him; you can't picture that in your head, and his steadiness of character is, once again, harder to picture than number 1 (nearly eighteen hands high.)

Imagery- The author uses words and descriptions to form an image of the character in the readers' head. Eighteen hands high is telling you what Boxer looks like, so you can form your image of him.

jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2021-12-28T12:48:04+01:00

The excerpt from the text which uses imagery to describe Boxer is:

A. 'nearly eighteen hands high.'

Based on the given question, we can see that the author makes use of imagery to vividly describe Boxer and how he looks like to the readers so that they can form their own opinions about him.

As a result of this, the excerpt from the text which makes use of imagery to describe Boxer based on the descriptions by the author is “nearly eighteen hands high” as his height is described.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A