They grow. the hills, the highlands, the mountains grow. waves. waves of gigantic, seamless mass from the cretaceous that become, at the height of the american world, the fairest crown of water: titicaca." by using terms like fairest crown and cretaceous, miguel ángel asturias's "lake titicaca" is a. they quote the foremost linguistic specialists. b. they list numerous statistics from research. c. they pose questions to the readers in an attempt to mimic the same questionable communication they have with their family members. d. they give anecdotes from their own lives.