Read the passage from "Gumption." "Well that made old man oyster mad as hell. He said, 'Drat it. I'm a citizen! Is that what WPA is for--to bring more discrimination than what is?" Which best identifies and interprets the use of figurative language in the passage?
AIt is a metaphor; It shows that the men are eager workers.
BIt is a metaphor; it creates an image of the two men as battered and downcast.
CIt is a simile; It allows the reader to see the story from the narrators point of view.
DIt is a simile; it illustrates oysters anger In seeing others express prejudice towards his son.
