The sentence that best paraphrases the first sentence of the excerpt is "You aren't telling me anything I don't know". This is because the narrator uses the metaphor of "rousing me from a deep sleep" as saying that he was aware of the situation that was going on, it wasn't that he didn't know about it.
No evidence is present to defend the interpretation.
I have no idea................
Answer:
17. metaphor
18. idiom
Explanation: hope this helps
Yes. It’s good. I like it
