first person narration is when someone is talking with pronouns such as I or we.
The correct answer is A. Cotton-like clouds.
This is a rather descriptive choice that is used to bring the image of cotton to your mind and then use that image of cotton to create a new image of the clouds. Unlike the soldiers, it not only describes the looks, but also the feeling, the fluffiness of cotton.
I would go with the last sentence.
The question is whether those phrases are speaking of the same person :
<span>A. her friend and former room-mate
- this is the same person, if it was two people, it'd be "and her"
B. </span><span>the winner and still champion
-again, the same person, requires singular verb
C.</span><span>The chief and foremost expert
-again, the same person: requires a singular verb and actually has a singular verb, correct answer!
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