"Morning dawned at last, slowly, with a pale yellow dome of light rising silently above the bluffs, which stand like some huge storm-devastated castle, just east of the city. Bluejays called across the river from hillside to hillside, through the clear, beautiful air, and hawks began to skim the tops of the hills."
This description of the setting is an example of
A. metaphor
B. alliteration
C. imagery
D. personification