Which literary device(s) would be best to include as the topic
of this excerpt from "The Gift
of the Magi"?
A. The device of símile, which occurs
throughout the text and supports the
theme.
B. The device of flashback, which occurs
throughout the text, and supports the
theme.
C. The device of allegory, which occurs
once in the text and does not support the
theme,

Aman lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. in the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment.