1. Public transportation is the best way to get around in New York City
Mostly personal if I am wrong so sorry
The excerpt that contains an example of irony is letter B. "When she and the girl happened to be out of the house together, she would say something and add the name Hulga at the end of it, and the big-spectacled Joy Hulga would scowl and redden as if her privacy had been intruded upon. She considered the name her personal affair."
Keep the “personal” in personal essay. ...
Don't try to guess what the reader wants to hear. ...
Feel free to be funny or creative – but don't overreach. ...
Tell us something we don't already know. .
Personally, I would say "A" Moreover. Moreover, at least in definition, means as a further matter.