What point of view is Senator Smith speaking in? As a United States Senator, I am not proud of the way in which the Senate has been made a
publicity platform for irresponsible sensationalism. I am not proud of the reckless abandon in
which unproved charges have been hurled from this side of the aisle. I am not proud of the
obviously staged, undignified countercharges that have been attempted in retaliation from the
other side of the aisle.

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.