As I carried the last of the boxes full of the legal papers outside, I tripped. The lid flew up in the air, and the
mocking breeze caught the papers one by one in slow
motion, holding each one up in front of me before whisking
it away into the street like confetti.
Which sentence describes the effect of the figurative language in
this passage?
A. The verb whisk suggests an action of cleaning.
B. The action is described in terms of slow motion, like a film.
C. The breeze is described as having the personality of a jokester.
D. The comparison to confetti shows that the incident was
no big deal.