Question

Help please MEDAL!

Answer 1

Review the passage from "Gumption."
Well, that made old man Oyster mad as hell. He said, Drat it, Im 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?



It is a metaphor; it shows that the men are eager workers.

It is a metaphor; it creates an image of the two men as battered and downcast.

It is a simile; it allows the reader to see the story from the narrator's point of view.

It is a simile; it illustrates Oyster's anger in seeing others express prejudice towards his son.