I was watching Girl Meets World while munching on some Cheetos.
Answer: That would be D, She recognizes the connection between objects and words
Explanation: The sentence "I knew then that "w-a-t-e-r" meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul" shows that she has finally realized that the words and objects were connected with each other all along.
Emerson evokes the existence of God to prove our divinity. The second paragraph of the essay introduces the idea. He states that we each get our "plot of land" and must till it if we are to grow anything to feed ourselves. This is to say that you can't be anyone else, you only get to live and grow as you, and that is an intentional deed by God, and thus you are the result of a divine act, and divine in yourself. Therefore we should trust this divinity and let our own hearts guide us, rather than the pressures and expectations of others. We must be divine.
It's an incredible essay and definitely worth a close reading.
The Answer Would Be "All of the choices are correct"
Come of age means growing up. When you have more responsibilities, when you're moving from childhood to adulthood and understand more things. When you are changing but not only physically, also mentally. When you are becoming more MATURE.