Answer: C. His reputation for clever dealing betrays him when he tells the truth.
The statement in letter c shows irony because it presents contrasting events. Mr. Hauchecorne is a clever person however the irony strikes on him when nobody believes him and makes fun of his cleverness when he said the truth about the string.
The figurative language used in the passage is a simile .
The prepositional phrase comes at the end of the sentence: in one hand.
Here, the preposition is "in" and the entire prepositional phrase is "in one hand." This phrase is describing the location of the rattle.
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(It rhymes with " wow " the intial , the initial t -sounding more like a d-.) Tao in mandarin Chinese means the way " , including all the English variants such as "The path" or "The road " or " the method " it is often used especially in the sense of " the path of life " or " the way of nature"
