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The author use a simile to describe the squeaky hinges in this sentence from the story because Option D: The comparison adds an air of mystery and eeriness to the tone of the story.
Explanation:
Simile is a figure of speech which compares two things using words 'like' or 'as'. In the given line the author uses the simile 'like a platoon of lost ghosts'.
Platoon is a small group of soldiers. He describes the squeaking of hinges like a platoon of lost ghosts. It makes the story mysterious and tone oft he story gets more eeriness, Option D.
He is not making the plot believable as per Option A. Also, as mentioned in Option B, he is not comparing hinges to something unfamiliar as we know what ghosts are. It doesn't give Sophie a chance to say something to his father, as per Option C.
Answer:
That part of the story which leads to the climax,or in other cases, anticlimax
Peasants more readily accepted unpleasant facts of life, while the middle class tried to deny them.
Ivan' servant keeps saying that its no trouble staying up with him all night, because he hopes someone else will do the same for him when he is unwell and dying. On the other hand, the middle class society his illness and impending death as a mere inconvenience.
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Lady Macbeth was a ruthless woman who basically called him a wimp and double dared her husband to kill a king.
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