Which excerpt from “Good Country People” is the best example of figurative language?
A.The reason for her keeping them so long was that they were . . . good country people.
B.If she don’t get there before the dust settles, you can bet she’s dead, that’s all.
C.She would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her.
D.It was hard for Mrs. Hopewell to realize that her child was thirty-two now and that for more than twenty years she had had only one leg.
A.The reason for her keeping them so long was that they were . . . good country people.
B.If she don’t get there before the dust settles, you can bet she’s dead, that’s all.
C.She would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her.
D.It was hard for Mrs. Hopewell to realize that her child was thirty-two now and that for more than twenty years she had had only one leg.
