Which excerpt from “the life you save may be your own” contains an example of figurative language?
a. she was ravenous for a son-in-law.
b. the old woman agreed with him that this was so.
c. “teach her to say something else,” the old woman said.
d. the old woman said she would give him the money.

Based on the question above, the best answer for this question would be:

a.        She was ravenous for a son-in-law.

The figurative language is evident in this statement because it compares the adjective to the subject, it is how the speaker would describe in an exaggerated way.

Refute it, showing why it is mistaken—an apparent but not real problem; acknowledge its validity or plausibility, but suggest why on balance it's relatively less important or less likely than what you propose, and thus doesn't overturn it; concede its force and complicate your idea accordingly—restate your thesis in a more exact, qualified, or nuanced way that takes account of the objection, or start a new section in which you consider your topic in light of it. this will work if the counterargument concerns only an aspect of your argument; if it undermines your whole case, you need a new thesis.

-the definition or characteristics of the genre you think the novel fits in