Question

"We shall get thinner and thinner and thirstier and thirstier, and we shall all die a slow and grisly death from starvation. I am dying already. I am slowly shriveling up for want of food."

This sentence is an example of what type of figurative language?


Metaphor

Oxymoron

Imagery

Hyperbole

Answer 1

Imagery.

Step-by-step explanation:

Figurative language is the use of certain ways of talking about things or events in a text. These figurative elements allow a writer to give certain aspects of describing things.

The given lines from Roald Dahl's "James and The Giant Peach" shows Earthworm describing to the Centipede how they will die. Earthworm's use of words such as "get thinner and thinner and thirstier and thirstier . . .a slow and grisly death from starvation. . . I am slowly shriveling up. . ." provides a descriptive image of how they will look.

Thus, the correct answer is imagery.