This question has an excerpt but I just recently read the said excerpt and also found its choices, base on the excerpt and the choices, I would say that the answer would be Allusion, I hope you are satisfied with my answer and feel free to ask for more if you have questions
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The official meaning of partner in the English language is ''a person who takes part in an undertaking with another or others, especially in a business or firm with shared risks and profits.''
But there are other ways to use partner, a partner can be a companion such as a friend. Another meaning of partner can be a love interest such as a spouse.
The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets is the cause of Romeo and Juliet's deaths, and probably their romance as well. If there were no feud, the two families would have moved in the same circles, and Romeo and Juliet would have known each other all their lives.