Use the drop-down menus to answer the questions. Which literary device is used in the first sentence?
And then they arrived - the minister's family and all my
relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas
packages. Robert grunted hello, and I pretended he was
not worthy of existence.
Which literary device is used in the second sentence?
Fish Cheeks,
Amy Tan

"And then they arrived - the minister's family and all my  relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas  packages."- Imagery.

"Robert grunted hello, and I pretended he was  not worthy of existence."- Onomatopoeia.

Explanation:

Literary devices are the different techniques that writers use in describing their characters or giving the details of the story. These devices enable better expressions of the ideas and emotions of the writers and their own styles of presenting the story.

In the first sentence, Amy Tan's description of the guests who arrived "in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas packages" uses imagery in describing them. It appeals to the sense of sight and sound, appealing to the readers' senses.

Moreover, the word "grunted" in the second sentence is an onomatopoeia, where the word is derived from the sound it produces.

the type of supporting detail is fact!