The correct answer is:
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[B]: "The speaker's mental state shifts more and more towards madness."
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In the sentence: " <span>Tiny Tim's father, Bob Cartchin, works for Scrooge." the appositive is Bob Cartchin because it renames Tiny Tim's father.
</span>Appositive<span> is a noun, a noun phrase, or a noun clause that renames a noun that comes just before them.
</span>In the sentence above, Tiny Tim's father was renamed by the noun "Bob Cartchin".
the word midmay is an example of alliteration.