The little farmers watched debt creep up on them like the tide. they sprayed the trees and sold no crop, they pruned and grafted and could not pick the crop.
which statement best describes the diction of this passage?
a. the author's words make us feel bad for the farmers.
b. the author's use of "creep" shows how sinister the debt was.
c. the author repeats words and uses parallelism.
d. the author feels frustrated for the farmers.