Answer:
Your answer is B: Hyberbole
Explanation:
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The metaphor in this sentence likens the exchange of ideas (and specifically the arrival of new, radical ideas) as a battle.
The "radical thought" coming from the northeast is defended, not by believers or by thinkers, but by "shots" from newspapers and is "reinforced by regiments." This metaphor makes the arrival of new ideas a dangerous, violent -- possibly even bloody -- situation.
Mary Farquhar is the wife that flirts with her husband.
The reference that provides information about how widely accepted a particular word or phrase is a dictionary. A dictionary is a<span> book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language (typically in alphabetical order) and gives their meaning, or gives the equivalent words in a different language, often also providing information about pronunciation, origin, and usage.</span>
If I remember correctly, Anaya's childhood library, the Santa Rosa Library was a dusty old room above the fire station.