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Read these sentences from the passage.

"It seemed as if an enormous giant, or a titan, had sculptured his own likeness on the precipice. There was the broad arch of the forehead, a hundred feet in height; the nose, with its long bridge; and the vast lips, which, if they could have spoken, would have rolled their thunder accents from one end of the valley to the other." (paragraph 2)

What is the effect of the figurative language in these sentences?

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It highlights the grandeur of the Great Stone Face.

It explains the source of the prophecy about the Great Stone Face.

It emphasizes the position of the Great Stone Face relative to the valley.

It describes how the inhabitants of the valley discovered the Great Stone Face.

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