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.
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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.