As a writer I find it hard sometimes to write unrestricted. I often feel as though I need to appeal to someone. This quote is very nice to hear because it kind of relaxes that thought of needing to be something instead of just being myself through my writing.
Her mother keeps showing her off like she was a trophy. Also her mother keeps criticizing everything she do
Sorry for such late an answer, but I believe its A) Predicate Nominative.
If there is a selection of answers I would go with
Repetition
Parallelism
maybe some others but I don't know all the poetic devices you have to chose from
