Which of the following is a sensory detail used in william stafford‘s poem traveling through the dark to develop imagery? a. sound: gunfire b. touch: a warm flagpole c. sound: a car engine purring d. sight: a dead raccoon.

The answer is letter C. Sound: a car engine purring.

Explanation:

Imagery is a literary device that uses language to appeal to the five senses (sight, taste, touch, smell, and hearing) to involve the readers and help them visualize what is being described. In the poem "Traveling Through the Dark", by William Stafford, there is no mention to a gunfire, a warm flagpole, or a dead raccoon. The speaker does mention a dead deer and how its body felt to the touch, but that doesn't fit options A, B, or D. Towards the end of the poem, however, the speaker mentions the purring of a car engine, which appeals to the sense of hearing, and helps readers imagine the sound in their minds:

The car aimed ahead its lowered parking lights;    

under the hood purred the steady engine.

I stood in the glare of the warm exhaust turning red;    

around our group I could hear the wilderness listen.

normally working animals are domesticated and ruled by a master, a domesticator (tamer), to perform basic and important functions on a farm, for example. the value used in this context is animal labor in exchange for food. it is not so much a contrast to the story told by napoleon and the pigs, since the animals of that particular farm also performed functions on the farm through domestication. the only thing is that in this case, who rules them is a pig, also an animal, but very respected, to whom the other animals lent him submission. that's about a strong relationship of dependency between animal and owner.