Question

There, at dawn, you can feel the silence. It is cold and clear and deep like water. It takes hold of you and will not let you go.

What is the effect of the imagery in this excerpt?

It reveals the personality of the Kiowa people.

It conveys facts about the physical environment.

It shows why the Kiowa worshiped the Sun God.

It gives readers a concrete picture of the quality of the silence.

Answer 1

D. "It gives readers a concrete picture of the quality of the silence."  My bad i placed my answer in the wrong place at first.

Answer 2

A few pages before this excerpt, Momaday mentions deep silence when nothing moves and it doesn't have any sound. Then, again he mentions this silence which is given in this excerpt. The meaning is not an allusion, it has got a direct meaning. The correct answer is the last option.