Question

Use the passage to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0AAfter three weeks of silence and fears that we wouldn't be able to make rent on our lease in our very first month, a river of customers commenced to flow through our front doors almost the second we flipped the sign on our door from "Closed" to "Open."%0D%0AWhich statement best analyzes the role played by the figurative language used in this passage?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AIt indicates that the store rapidly gained many customers.%0D%0AIt indicates that the store rapidly gained many customers.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt indicates that the increase in business was very exciting for all involved.%0D%0AIt indicates that the increase in business was very exciting for all involved.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt exaggerates the number of customers that came into the store on this day.%0D%0AIt exaggerates the number of customers that came into the store on this day.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt suggests that the store could not keep up with the increase in business it experienced.

Answer 1

It indicates that the store rapidly gained many customers.

Reason: The metaphor "a river of customers ... flow" conveys a large, continuous, and sudden influx of people.