Read this passage from The Way to Rainy Mountain. In the autumn of 1874, the Kiowas were driven southward toward the Staked Plains. Columns of troops were converging on all sides, and they were bone-weary and afraid.

Which choice best conveys the connotative meaning of the word driven in this context?

rounded up like cattle

led forward like horses

steered to a location

ushered as visitors

The answer is actually b. explanation: lines that signify human-like characteristics: “a half a dozen kissed the eves”raindrops don’t usually ‘kiss’ anything, as it is a human action. lines that signify playfulness: “and made the gables laugh” a gable is the part of a wall that encloses a pitched roof, so it is certainly not living and cannot really laugh. this is a human characteristic and signifies playfulness.