Suppose an author decided to rewrite one of her short stories as a novel. What would be the most likely outcome? A. All of the novel’s characters would be as fully developed as the main character.
B. The novel would have additional plot lines--either parallel plots or subplots.
C. The novel would have multiple protagonists and villains.
D. The novel would include more symbolism than a short story is able to include.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme