The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "b. figurative language." While the signalman is describing the actions of the person he sees by the mouth of the tunnel, the narrator says in his mind, "For God's sake clear the <span>way!" The literary device that best exemplify is </span><span>figurative language.</span>
Rising action
Exposition is usually in the beginning where the characters are introduced, the background is explained and the setting is described.
Climax is basically the turning point.
It is message. That is the whole point of the theme, what message the story is trying to get across.