"Imagine that you are in a situation where an angry mob has accused a friend of yours of a serious crime and they are going to hang him because they believe your friend is guilty even though he isn't

Your only chance to save your friend is to convince the unruly mob of your friend's innocence." This is best described as
A) a hypothetical illustration.
B) a factual narrative.
C) a literal analogy.
D) a factual illustration.
E) a literal metaphor.

A