What is the figurative language of "clouds of inferiority begins to form in her little mental mind " is a metaphor.
Answer:
subtlety, nicety, hint, refinement. these are the SYNONYMS FOR nuance.
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Changed because metamorphosed in the paragraph signifies a big change in the story
I think that absolute phrases are the underlined element in this passage by Charles Dickens.
The following ones can be identified: “… flowing up the river […] city”, “…rolling down the river […]city”. Absolute phrases happen when a noun and a participle (in this case the present participle –ing) function as an independent clause. In this case, they describe the clause, the manner of the movement of the fog.