The answer is D: thought shot. A <em>tought shot</em> is used to create meaning in a writing, by <em>allowing the reader to have a perception of the character's or author's p</em><em>erspective, feeling or thought about a situation</em>. It can be in the form of a question or a statement about something. In the excerpt the speaker's opinion is in the line <em>"I should prefer to have some boy bend them".</em>
Since you didn't give us the sentence 1, I can only assume.
A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another word. So, the word <em>hard </em>can be synonymous with difficult, if it is a difficult task, or it can be solid, if the sentence is about rocks, or something like that.
Answer: B, It progresses in order of importance
D. Connecting related words
