NEEDD HELP!! 50 points 
 excerpt from "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
 by Frank R. Stockton
 9- As is usual in such cases, she was the apple
 of his eye, and was loved by him above all
 humanity. Among his courtiers was a young
 man of that fineness of blood and lowness of
 station common to the conventional heroes of
 romance who love royal maidens.
 چه
 Which literary device(s) would
 be best to include as the topic
 of this excerpt from "The Lady
 or the Tiger"?
 A. The device of understatement, which
 occurs twice in the text and supports the
 theme.
 B. The device of imagery, which occurs once
 throughout the text and does not support
 the theme.
 C. The device of metaphor, which occurs
 throughout the text, and supports the
 theme.