The thing that makes Claudia feel she needs to run away at the beginning of the novel is D) She thinks her parents are being unfair. 
        
             
        
        
        
An onomatopoeia is a sound that is also the word. An example would be "boom" or "sizzle".
Irony is using the opposite words to describe a situation or something like that . Ex. The fire station burned down. 
Personification is giving an intimate object human personality. Ex. The moon smiled down on us.
A simile is comparing words using like or as. Ex. Quite like a mouse
Metaphor is comparing words using is or are. Examples would be you are a cow or you are a chicken.
 
        
             
        
        
        
I believe the answer is D) to show that he had lingered so long by the door, the wife felt that he had been there more than an entire day.