Read these sentences from paragraph four of the excerpt from my antonia and answer the question. the holes were several yards apart, and were disposed with a good deal of regularity, almost as if the town had been laid out in streets and avenues. one always felt that an orderly and very sociable kind of life was going on there. what effect does the author achieve in her characterization of the prairie dog town? a) using an analogy, the author like the prairie dog town to a well-mapped western town. b) by way of hyperbole, the author makes the prairie dog town seem friendlier than it is. c) choosing personification, the author compares the prairie dog town to a rural community. d) via a cliché, the author suggests that the prairie dog town mirrors the rustic countryside.

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figurative language is a resource that fiction writers use to make better descriptions of what they want to write about or express. they can improve their stories, as they can elaborate more vivid and colorful sentences. this way, the reader will be able to have more detailed images in his/her mind.

places, objects, people and even feelings or emotions can be described with a lot of detail to metaphors, similes and personifications. making different kinds of comparisons to make a description more specific, as well as assigning human qualities to non-human objects (and vice-versa) can be very useful for science fiction writers.  

on the other hand, alliterations allow writers to elaborate more entertaining and creative sentences. it consists in using a sequence of words that start with the same consonant letter. they can be used to emphasize something important the writer wants to express, or just as a fun literary device.