In this excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain, the author uses language that depicts the sun as a human.

He was very angry…he threw the ring and it did what he told it to do; it struck the woman and killed her, and then the sun’s child was all alone.

What is the effect of this language?


It contributes to a mood that lacks any emotion.


It supports the idea that the information is factual.

It reveals a tone of admiration on the part of the author.


It develops the sense that the story is more legend than fact.