Read the following passage from “Three Skeleton Key”:

The rats of the sea are fierce…. Large, strong, and intelligent, clannish and seawise, able to put the best of mariners to shame with their knowledge of the sea, their uncanny ability to foretell the weather.

How has the author managed to communicate the power of the rats in these sentences?
A. by making them sound like animals
B. by making them crawl like animals
C. by making them seem like people
D. by making them talk like people

c?

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In the given passage, the author has managed to communicate the power of the rats by making them seem like people. The passage describes the rats as being "large, strong, and intelligent," which are qualities typically associated with human beings rather than animals. Additionally, the text mentions the rats' knowledge of the sea and their ability to predict the weather, which are typically human capabilities.