Read the following passage:
Neighbors peered at us as we walked by. Their eyes
weighed us. Their eyes judged us. And as they peered, we
straightened our backs and lifted our chins in contempt.
We didn't care what they thought.
Which rhetorical technique does the passage best exemplify?
A. Parallelism
B. Understatement
C. Satire
D. Hyperbole