The novel that would not be considered a precursor to the modern novel is definitely Lord Jim, written by Joseph Conrad, because that is a modern novel, so it cannot be its precursor, whereas Beowulf, The Iliad, and Oedipus, which are very old pieces of literature, are.
<span>. . . . he sought more to give himself dignity and weight by calling himself, in addition to "Collegiate Assessor," "Major."</span>
Its b.
A is wrong because the parenthesis are not needed, C needs comma, and d uses too many commas.
The writer of the excerpt above used Metaphor, Hyperbole and Idioms. The second sentence, "She was all bones and angles" is an Idiom which indicates that Calpurnia is thin with no curves. The second figurative language used is Metaphor in which the narrator referred to Calpurnia as a "tyrant" which shows that Calpurnia is bossy towards the narrator. The third figurative languange used is Hyperbole, where the narrator exaggerated her relationship with Calpurnia as "a one-sided epic battle".
