<span>The excerpt that BEST demonstrates the author's use of foreshadowing in "The Signalman" is "My good fellow, what should I do there? However, be that as it may, I never was there, you may swear." The answer is letter C. It is clear that in this sentence that what the narrator is pointing out is actually heaven and he has not gone there except this very moment.</span>
Answer:
D.
Explanation:
The passage compared and contrasted the forest to his personal life. (I think)
The third sentence is a hyperbole
Mrs Davenport has gotten a lot of work done and she's done a very good job, like she always does.
There are a couple points that are significant about the boy finding his own drawings in the chest.
The chest was long the repository of things important to his mother. Finding his drawings in there showed him how his mother felt about him. He had created something that his mother deemed so important that she could not throw away.
The chest was also the repository of old things, things from the past. By finding his drawings in there, it was proof that his childhood was over, a thing from the past.