In this excerpt from the passage, what effect does the figurative language used to describe the noise have on the story?

Then I heard a grating noise overhead, like the dragging of a heavy body across the floor; then the throwing down of the body, and the shaking of my windows in response to the concussion.

Responses

It suggests that the narrator is ironic rather than sincere.

It suggests that the narrator is ironic rather than sincere.,

It provides a factual description of the narrator's surroundings.
It provides a factual description of the narrator's surroundings.

It deepens the mood of eerie tension and suspense.

It deepens the mood of eerie tension and suspense.,

It creates a tone of someone looking back in amusement.