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Answer:
b. It is illegal for rental security deposits in California to be labeled as "nonrefundable," under any circumstances.
Explanation:
In the state of California, it is illegal to specify rental security deposits as nonrefundable. As a consequence, the landlord should not have kept the lease deposit. In fact, he should have either waited until Caren was able to see the apartment the next evening or given the money back to Jeff.
A metaphor- it compares two things without using "as" or "like"