Why does the author indicate that all the directions must be strictly followed?
A) The author thinks everyone should cook like she does.
B) If the directions are not followed, the éclairs will not rise.
C) The ingredients will ruin or spoil if the directions are not followed exactly.
D) If the directions are not followed, the éclairs will not turn out as they should. .

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme