What type of figurative language is this? i tried to finish the meal, but the burned meat was as tough as leather, and i began to wonder whether i was eating someone’s old sneakers.

What is indirect characterization? 1 when the author shows a character’s traits through words and actions 2 when a character expresses her true nature by acting in an opposite manner 3 when the narrator tells what a character is like with an explicit description 4 when a narrator is also a character in a story who provides internal thoughts