Answer:
D. Mother and I stand on the weathered and warped back steps looking up at my father, who sits, tall and handsome in work clothes, astride a chestnut horse.
Step-by-step explanation:
'A Girl From Yamhill' is a memoir written by Beverly Atlee Bunn. The memoir contains the story is the author's childhood and adolescence, set during the time of Great Depression.
The statement that illustrates the author's use of sensory language is in option D.
Sensory language is a device used by writers to vividly describe any situation that appeals to the five sense (sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste) of readers.
The statement in option D, appeals to the sense of sight of the readers. In this statement, readers are able to view the sight of the narrator's father as the narrator sees him and the scene of this event as well.
Thus option D is correct.