Read the excerpt from “Two Kinds.” “Then I wish I wasn’t your daughter. I wish you weren’t my mother,” I shouted. As I said these things I got scared. It felt like worms and toads and slimy things were crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful side of me had surfaced, at last.
What is the effect of the simile on the text?

It shows the narrator knows exactly how much her words hurt her mother.

It emphasizes the narrator’s relief in sharing her feelings with her mother.

It highlights how much the narrator dislikes who she is as a person.

It reveals the ugly nature of the narrator’s true character.