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(Could not find in book option) The Way to Rainy Mountain

Read this excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain.

Although my grandmother lived out her long life in the shadow of Rainy Mountain, the immense landscape of the continental interior lay like memory in her blood.

What is the effect of the figurative language in this sentence?

  • It shows how much Aho wanted to travel the continent.

  • It conveys the facts about where the author’s grandmother lived.

  • It reveals how connected Aho was to the history of her people.

  • It provides a picture of the daily life of the Kiowa people.

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It reveals how connected Aho was to the history of her people.

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