Read the excerpt from "Two kinds." What is the effect of the simile on the text?
“Then I wish I wasn't your daughter. I wish you weren't my
mother," I shouted. As I said these things I got scared. It felt like
worms and toads and slimy things were crawling out of my
chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful side of me had
surfaced, at last.
It highlights how much the narrator dislikes who she
is as a person.
O
It emphasizes the narrator's relief in sharing her
feelings with her mother.
O
It shows the narrator knows exactly how much her
words hurt her mother.
O
It reveals the ugly nature of the narrator's true
character.