I believe that the most prominent figurative language element in this excerpt is D. personification.
Personification is when non-human entities have human abilities or qualities. So, every pine and fir and hemlock wore ermine...
It's not simile, as simile is comparison using words such as like or as. Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant, so that's also incorrect. Synecdoche is a form of a metaphor, so it's not that either. Hyperbole is exaggeration, so that is incorrect as well.
The correct answer is A.
At the beginning of the novel, when Gregor first discovers he has transformed into an insect, he thinks about his current working situation. We can see that Gregor works as a travelling salesman. He dislikes the job, but does it to pay off his parent's debts. He is the sole supporter of the family. This reflects the family structure of that time.
However, after Gregor's metamorphosis, he loses the possibility to work. Due to this his family has to get jobs of their own in order to support not only themselves but also Gregor.
From the 1750s on, sugar transformed how Europeans ate. Chefs who served the wealthy began to divide meals up. Where sugar had previously been used either as a decoration (as in the wedding feast) or as a spice to flavor all courses, now it was removed from recipes for meat, fish, and vegetables and given its own place—in desserts. Dessert as the extremely sweet end to the meal was invented because so much sugar was available. But the wealthy were not the only ones whose meals were changing. Sugar became a food, a necessity, and the foundation of the diet for England's poorest workers.
It indicates that the addition of sugar was a significant change to Europeans' diets.
Answer: Option D.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In the paragraph that has been shown above, the way the Europeans ate in the 1750s and the change in their way of eating has been talked about. It shows that there has been addition of sugar in their diet.
Earlier sugar was only used as a way of decoration or as a spice to flavor up all the courses. But later the intake of sugar increased a lot in the diet of the Europeans and it became a necessity, it became a food.
Part I
"A strange multiplicity of
sensations seized me, and I saw, felt, heard, and smelt, at the same time.
"
This part of the excerpt shows that the speaker is experiencing impulses of a newborn who is just starting to be aware of his senses.
Part II
"I knew, and could distinguish, nothing."
This reflects innocence and lack of experience or knowledge.
Part III
"Sometimes I wished to express my sensations
in my own mode, but the uncouth and inarticulate sounds which broke from me
frightened me into silence again.'
This mirrors a baby's innocence and puerile attempt to express feelings.
