Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of Selection 1. (The term Anasazi is as alien to Puebloan people as the abandoned ruins were to the nomadic Navajo.)

The author uses simile in this sentence in order to

A)illustrate the influence of aliens on ancient cultures.

B)draw a connection between two groups of Native Americans.

C)show similarities between the ways in which different groups lived.

D)emphasize that the Anasazi are not ancestors of groups in the area today.