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Read the excerpt from "How I Learned English.”

And that was important, as important
As Joe Barone asking me how I was
Through his tears, picking me up
And dusting me off with hands like swatters,

What does the imagery in the excerpt best help readers picture?

the awful stinging sensation of being dusted off
the quick slapping motion of Joe’s hands
how roughly the speaker is pulled off the ground
how loud and hard Joe is laughing