Read these sentences from paragraph four of the excerpt from My Ántonia 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?
Choosing personification, the author compares the prairie dog town to a rural community.
By way of hyperbole, the author makes the prairie dog town seem friendlier than it is.
Using an analogy, the author likens the prairie dog town to a well-mapped western town.
Via a cliché, the author suggests that the prairie dog town mirrors the rustic countryside.

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Read these sentences from paragraph four of the excerpt from My Ántonia 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?
Choosing personification, the author compares the prairie dog town to a rural community.
By way of hyperbole, the author makes the prairie dog town seem friendlier than it is.
Using an analogy, the author likens the prairie dog town to a well-mapped western town.
Via a cliché, the author suggests that the prairie dog town mirrors the rustic countryside.