Which line in the excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne is an example of metaphor?

Which of the following is not a part of plot? exposition falling action rising action conflict i believe its conflict

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Which summary of a story about a ship crashing into an iceberg is the most subjective