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Answer:
New Mexico is being personified and it's human action is holding the canvas
Explanation: New Mexico is the main subject of this sentence, and although dry and vast describes New Mexico, it's ability/action to hold a canvas is what makes it personified.
Just took the quiz, the correct answer is:
Mr. Atkinson is surprised by the picture James shows him and thinks something otherworldly is at work.
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