The correct answer is: [A]: "implied metaphor" .
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Refer to: "....lay on her little island" . The "little island" is the implied metaphor.
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The answer is D. at a distance
A pronoun can substitute a noun or a noun phrase. Among the options above only C. him and D. They are pronouns: stories is a noun and many could be a pronoun if is was standing alone, but here it is a part of a noun phrase.
C. him is singular, so the right answer is D. They
Answer: the right answer is C on ed2020
Explanation: none
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