The best and the correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the fourth choice or letter D.
"Conforming to societal conventions" is the t<span>heme that is portrayed in the excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
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Answer: B. Language.
Explanation: similes, metaphors and allusions are figures of speech, similes and metaphors are comparison between elements that aren't obviously related (similes use the words "like" and "as" to make a comparison and metaphors don't, this last ones are direct comparisons), and allusions are brief references to persons, places or events (historical, political, cultural, etc). The use of these literary device is an example of language choices, so the correct answer is option B.
The excerpt that is being referred above is from Done Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson. In this excerpt, the element that is analogous to the oyster's wound in the given analogy is the SELF-HELP. The word self-help is being compared to the wound of the oyster in which it mends itself with its pearls.
The statement "Goodnight, Casca. We shouldn’t be walking in this weather" is the one that paraphrases this excerpt best.
Option (d);
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Paraphrase means rephrasing the statement that a speaker or writer expresses in its own words. The above-given line is from the play 'Tragedy of Julius Ceaser' by William Shakespeare.
In the given line, Casca and Cicero, meet on the street and are talking about the bad weather. Also, they suggested not to walk under that sky as there could be a possibility of the storm or something.
So, they wish goodnight to each other and walk away.