If the question is about the words "scuttled off" then the accurate answer would be imagery, more specifically, kinesthetic imagery, that is to say, imagery related to the vivid significance of the movement of the crab that implies both a physical gesture that reveals an emotional movement associated to that gesture. In literature, this is called "from motion to emotion". In this particular case, the movement of scuttling off implies that the patience of the crab is about to meet its limits and because the crab does no longer want to be subjected to an uncomfortable situation it translates its emotion into the motion of leaving. Furthermore, the following use of direct speech right after this motion completes the cycle of emotion to motion and then back to emotion.
The correct answer is letter D. One-third. The basic grammar rule in spelling out fractions should always have a hyphen. The words one and third separately mean differently. One connected by hyphen with the word third, creates a new word and different definition, meaning, a numerical quantity.
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I think I should pick A because
that is what I expect.
During the fourteenth century, English was termed as Middle English. This is when literature also improved and evolved. There has been changes in grammar, pronunciation as well as orthography. There were also part of English that were simplified or disappeared. Hope this answers your question.