Read the excerpt from flannery o’connor’s “the life you save may be your own.”

mr. shiftlet was so shocked that for about a hundred feet he drove along slowly with the door stiff open. a cloud, the exact color of the boy’s hat and shaped like a turnip, had descended over the sun, and another, worse looking, crouched behind the car. mr. shiftlet felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf him. he raised his arm and let it fall again to his breast. “oh lord! ” he prayed. “break forth and wash the slime from this earth! ”

the turnip continued slowly to descend. after a few minutes there was a guffawing peal of thunder from behind and fantastic raindrops, like tin-can tops, crashed over the rear of mr. shiftlet’s car.

which is a metaphor?
a. the turnip continued slowly to descend.
b. like tin-can drops, crashed over the rear of mr. shiflet’s car
c. felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf
d. he raised his arm and let it fall again to his breast.

the answer is c i just took the test

the answer is c i just took the test

The correct answer is option C. "felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf". A metaphor is a figure of speech used when an object or situation is described in not literally means. In this case the sentence: "Mr. Shiftlet felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf him", is not expected to describe that the world was about to engulf Mr Shiflet literally, but it is a metaphor of how he felt in the precarious situation he was.

The correct answer is option C. "felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf". A metaphor is a figure of speech used when an object or situation is described in not literally means. In this case the sentence: "Mr. Shiftlet felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf him", is not expected to describe that the world was about to engulf Mr Shiflet literally, but it is a metaphor of how he felt in the precarious situation he was.

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