Why do stories include exposition ? OA. It allows the main events of the story to build to a point of most excitement OB. It ans
wers at least one of the questions raised in the story It creates a change in the situation at the beginning of the story D. It provides necessary information so readers can understand the story.
The metaphor in this statement is "the great millstone" it kind of qualification word it express how big the time was. But in reality, millstone doesn't even have a relationship with the time. So "the great millstone" is a metaphor.