HkbjvbjhbhjbhiRead the excerpt from "Homesick." The skeleton of a large junk, its ribs lying bare, its backbone running straight and true down the bottom.

What does the figurative language in the excerpt tell readers about the junk?

The junk is old and falling apart.

Builders have only completed the frame of the junk.

Artists have painted the junk with frightening images.

A junk is better constructed than other boats