I believe the correct answer is C. it makes a point without directly stating it.
Satire is often used by authors who want to criticize something or someone without having to explicitly do that - they use metaphors in order to mock them without them realizing that they have been exposed to such ridicule. Boyle is trying to mock the government in his work by comparing its members to animals, which he does in order to conceal his true intentions.
The last one is the answer
Hello! With these types of questions, it is recommended that you include the paragraph or article that is before the prompt.
Without it no one can be sure which one you were given in class.
Is a metaphor but an example would be "Juillet to the sun": " But soft! What light through yonder window breaks."
Odysseus sacrifices a ram and a ewe.