One way that authors express their views is through comparisons such as similes and metaphors, which are examples of

a. figurative language
b. personal experiences
c. sentence structure
d. technical word choice

Oh its "A" I'm pretty sure someone told you that already

Explanation:

Sorta kinda like exaggeration while explaining something

its raining cats and dogs" I'm pretty sure you know what that means but just in case, it means that it's raining hard

the central idea of the above passage is following;

central idea: cultural study is very important specially archaeology. grimm's stories very well cater to the importance of cultural relevance.

explanation:

ich statement best shows a problem in travels with charley?

one sharp difficulty presented itself. in the intervening twenty-five years my name had become reasonably well known.

this being so, my trip demanded that i leave my name and my identity at home.

i had to go alone and i had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back.

with all this in mind i wrote to the head office of a great corporation which manufactures trucks.