We cannot be entirely sure, because you didn't write the entry where the word can be found, but nevertheless, the word <em>defalcation, </em>meaning misappropriation of money or funds held by an official, trustee, or other fiduciary, is a part of speech known as noun.
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Well for one, characterisation is how a writer chooses to reveal a characters personality in a story, through things like physical appearance (shiny hair, blue eyes, nice smile, ect.) and through virtues and faults (brave, attentive, smart - egotistical, bitter, evil.)
Figurative language is basically how you'd describe said chracterisations, through things like personification, hyperbole, metaphors, similes, ect.
So with that being said, figurative language can help characterise a monster by doing more than just saying it's a monster; figurative language can make it /feel/ like a monster to the reader. Figurative language can turn the monster '3-D' (for lack of better words), by saying it has long claws, stinky breath, vicious fangs, a horrifying growl, ect.
My favourite example of figurative language is actually in the childrens book "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, because it uses simple figurative language. Maurice Sendak describes the wild things as so: "They roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.'
Anyway, I hope this helped !! :-)
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Answer: B) His desire to explore is greater than his fear of where he is going.
Explanation: in the given passage from "By the Waters of Babylon," we can see that the narrator is explaining how he isn't afraid of gods, demons or death, he knows that he will eventually die, but in the meantime, he decided to travel and learn as much as he can. From the given options, the one that expresses what the passage reveals about his character, is the corresponding to option B: His desire to explore is greater than his fear of where he is going.
