I believe it would be to inform, the particular excerpt isn't really informing about anything, and its not persuading the reader to do anything, simply attempting to entertain the reader with a story.
Answer:
I think it's A or D I think so sorry if it's wrong
Explanation:
How do you delete a question?
Parallelism.
Metaphors and similes are used to relate one thing to another; this sentence is not doing that. Parallelism is when similar devices are used in sentences to convey one story.
Plasma membrane has a stronger outer covering a plant cell or an animal cell.