Nonfiction, essentially, is a writing that has facts, and true stories. i believe your answer would be D!
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The correct word would be 'passed' because it is the past tense version of the verb 'to pass,' and is the verb we want to use. 'Past,' however, is a noun generally referring to previous events or history, and we don't use that because we need a verb, not a noun.
I believe it is the third one.
Figure of speech is the answer.
