Which statement best explains how effectively the passage uses vivid description?
For hours, I worked on my pumpkin creation. The neighborhood fall
festival was just a day away, and I wanted to win the pumpkin-carving
prize. I had decided a few weeks ago on a cool design that I
discovered on the Internet. The design idea even came with "easy step-
by-step instructions." Now, as I inspected the pumpkin in front of me, 1
realized something important. Just because directions say "easy," it
doesn't mean it's true.
O A. The vivid description is not effective, because it does not create
the appropriate celebratory tone for a story about winning a
contest
B. The vivid description is not effective, because the passage uses
ordinary words that do not create vivid images.
C. The vivid description is effective, because the passage uses
figurative language that paints images in the reader's mind.
O D. The vivid description is effective, because it creates a sense of
tension that helps build suspense about the outcome of the
contest.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

i believe the correct answer is a