I think this is A. it seems like an informative paragraph :)
I don't have the passage, but one could be appearance. Another could be something about jobs... e.g. Some people think women shouldn't be in the military, or be mechanics, or that men shouldn't be hair stylists or models
The central idea is the value one may have
Its C <span>Many people will take the ferry and have an experience similar to the narrator’s</span>
Oxymoron means that two contradictory words or concepts are combined in a saying or sentence to give an effect. A common oxymoron is "jumbo shrimp." Everyone knows that shrimp can't be jumbo, but saying it like this lets us know that the shrimp is rather big.
The choice that has an oxymoron is:
D. I stood alone in the deafening silence.
Silence can not physically be deafening, as there is no noise at all. "Deafening silence" helps convey that it was so quiet that the person could have been deaf OR they could have meant that it was so quiet that it seemed loud.
Hope this helped!
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