I think it is Topic avoidance
The choice of a character, persona, or a speaker affects the tone of a text by giving the text human quantities, or personification.
<span>According to this passage, it could be said that the correct option is A (there is something royal about Sandy´s appearance because the picture was of a Queen in a diamond tiara and a high collar of pearls. It was not a picture of her grandmother, Sandy is not a queen and her name is not mentioned in this part of the story. </span>
I don't believe any of them are a good thesis for a compare-and-contrast essay, so D.
<span>any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a </span>story<span>.</span>