What technique most contributes to the pace of the following excerpt?
"i looked all around me, but i cannot say how long i remained there; i was paralyzed with terror, cold with fright, ready to shout out, ready to die."
a. use of several short phrases connected by commas
b. use of very detailed and descriptive imagery
c. use of words that slow the sentence down
d. none of the above

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.