The first statement because it contains a brief information about the importance of coral reefs in the environment and on other living things that rely on it to live.
<span>D. Aunt Alexandra’s opinion when they return home for dinner</span>
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.
