I am pretty sure that the correct answer on the question which is being asked is the first option from the scale. It helps you figure out what you already know and what you need to research about your topic. The word 'idea' in question helps you to understand that you don't need to take <span>extensive list of approaches or organizer of ideas as a basis.</span>
It means true friends are hard to find but when you do find them hold them close because they're worth so much. Fake friends are literally everywhere around you and mean nothing/worth nothing.
'Horse of another color' is the opposite expression from Shakespeare's 'a horse of that color' in the Twelfth Night Act 2 Scene 3 where Maria told Sir Toby Belch that her purpose was indeed a horse of that color which meant that Sir Toby Belch got the same idea as hers. So, 'horse of another color' is an idea different from the other.
Personification.
Rubs is the key word because smoke can't really rub things like a human, so it's personifying human behavior.
Hope that helps!
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By providing reasons and evidence that to back him up
