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English, 26.01.2021 06:30 gabrielar80

One sentence in paragraph 7 uses figurative language to make its point. Underline the sentence.
In 1935, Collins and his young family migrated to California in search of work. Collins found
a job managing citrus groves, and his employer gave him the use of a house. It was not
a way to get rich, but it was a way to survive the lean years of the Depression. Talmage
Collins was one of the fortunate ones. It is impossible to document how many others
abandoned their homes only to wander from place to place in search of employment.
If all of the stories were strung together, they would form a chain as long as the highway
on which the Dust Bowl migrants traveled.

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