D because of the level and organization
1. Authors purpose is the message they’re trying to show or convey in the story
2. Chronological order is a series of events that happen in the story one after the other
3. Conflict can be any problem or obstacle designed to stop or set back the main protagonist from the goal in the story
4. A flashback is a memory to a previous event that happened in the story, typically triggered by an action
5. Foreshadowing is when you can infer or predict what is going to happen in the story
6. Narrative techniques are methods the author uses to try to convey the message or make the message clear in the story
7. Pacing shows how fast a story unfolds or can unfold, typically if the story is long because readers can get frustrated with the length of the book
8. Parallel plots the author can tie in 2 or more dramatic plots linked by a common character and similar theme.
The author is using a type of figurative language called personification. Personification is when you give human characteristics or traits to something that is non human. When the author writes, "<span>the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows." the author is giving the sea human characteristics. The sea does not actually have lips.</span>
The verb of the sentence is "gazed", the subject of the sentence is the mountain.
