I wanted to stay angry with him, even though my anger was acid, eating away at my soul. It was my comfort, my
security, to know that I had it. I controlled it; I decided
whether to keep it or to let it go. And I kept it. And, oh, how
it burned.
How does the metaphor in this passage most clearly support the author's
purpose?
O A. It exaggerates the dangers of acid in order to make anger seem
like a bad habit to hold on to.
B. It makes the acid seem like a peer to the speaker to show that it
can take on a life of its own.
O C. It compares anger to acid to show how letting it go can bring
healing and restoration.
D. It makes anger seem like acid that can cause people physical pain
and permanent damage if they hold on to it.

I believe its c.

Explanation:

They mention how holding on to the metaphorical acid which represented the person's anger burned. Although, keeping the anger bottled up caused the person comfort, it caused them pain just as well. Now since the acid is metaphorical, it can't physically hurt the person so it cant be D(The other choice I was torn between). They also mention how the acid ate away the persons soul in a way (Still not mentioning anything about physical pain.)

the most ethic and honorable thing for the newspaper to do are:

be completely transparent in reporting about the company’s attempt to trade favors.

contact other construction companies to tell them about the situation.

these two options are the most ethic because both promote the market fair course, by telling the other competitors about the company attempt to get ahead in the market by trading favors, the market is guaranteed equality and justice in the trading of goods and services.