When the bank on the other side of the draw began to throw a narrow shelf of shadow, we knew we ought to be starting homeward; QUICK 20 MINS

Which type of figurative language is used in this passage from My Antonia?

metaphor

simile

imagery

precise adjectives

The type of figurative language used in the passage is: imagery.

Explanation:

Imagery is a literary device that uses language to appeal to the five senses (sight, taste, touch, smell and hearing). By using imagery, authors involve readers and help them, in their imagination, to see, hear, touch, smell or taste what is being described. In the particular passage we are analyzing here, the author is using imagery when describing the shadow thrown by the bank. By using "a narrow shelf of shadow," the author has us imagining it in a vivid manner, as if we are the character seeing that shadow.