What noun or pronoun does the underlined adjective modify?

the blazing hot sun melted all of my treasured garden gnomes,
treasured
gnomes (btw. garden is underlined)
a. my
b. treasured
c. gnomes
d. sun

What type of figurative language is used in this passage from "letter from birmingham jail"? just as the prophets of the eighth century b. c. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the lord" far beyond the boundaries of their hometowns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own hometown. allusion symbolism imagery metaphor

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of “the metamorphosis” hard to read

The famous quote "the jungle is dark but full of diamonds" could be alluding to death. question 1 options: a) true b) false