4. Read this sentence from paragraph 7:
"And then, for a moment, all is still, and all is silent save the voice of the clock. "
The author uses figurative language in this sentence to reveal that -
A. everyone in attendance was overshadowed by the clocks chiming
B. the clock is an inanimate object with no value
C. time stopped in the moment for the people in attendance of the party
D. the crowd is too boisterous to hear the clock chiming