Read the excerpt below from the poem "casey at the bat" by ernest lawrence thayer and answer the question that
follows.
ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt;
five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt
then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,
defiance gleamed in casey's eye, a sneer curled casey's lip.
source: thayer, ernest lawrence, "casey at the bat." poetry foundation poetry foundation, n. d. web. 24 june 2011
which technique is the author using in this stanza?
simile
alliteration
imagery
onomatopoeia
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(D) imagery

Explanation:

Imagery is used to create a description of something in a vivid manner.  This is what is used in Thayer's poem, as we can see from the description of "five thousand tongues", "ten thousand eyes".  

The simile is used when comparing one concept to another one. As we can see in the stanza, this technique isn't used there. Alliteration repeats words to create emphasis. There are no repetition words in that stanza.  There is also no onomatopoeia used here, which is a technique that utilizes sound effect to mimic what is being described.

old english did not sound like modern english, which differs widely in phonology and especially in grammar, so taht old english is unintelligible to modern speakers.

the average english was strongly influenced by the anglo-norman as later by the anglo-french. the pronunciation was affected by the norman with the sounds   "/ θ / and / ð / " transcribed as th.

modern english was standarized from the london dialect and extended by the government and administartion as well as by the effects of printing, began to acquire more words from other languages as well to imporve in a more fluent pronunciation.

(d) alice notices that the glass is melting away. because that aint real