<span>Three of the men who almost made their way down to the Colorado river thought that the "boulders" they saw from below were "taller than the great tower of Seville." It is not Seville, but the Himalayas, that Dutton was thinking of. </span>
Answer: personification
Step-by-step explanation; personification is a literary technique in which an object is given human characteristics. And, in your example, an object, or thing, (the rain in the air) is given a human characteristic (the act of breathing).
My school sees its teachers as agentive members of the community.
There was an assemblage of community leaders at the civic center.
The dog enjoyed sleeping on the hearth when a fire was going.
2. 1st person
3. Conflict
4. Protagonist
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