Which of these passages from the house of the seven gables contains a metaphor?

a) … the brackish water itself, however nauseous to the rest of the world, was so greatly esteemed by these fowls, that they might be seen tasting, turning up their heads, and smacking their bills, with precisely the air of wine-bibbers round a probationary cask.

b) all hens are well worth studying for the piquancy and rich variety of their manners; but by no possibility can there have been other fowls of such odd appearance and deportment as these ancestral ones.

c) in compliance with a whim of clifford, as it troubled him to see them in confinement, they had been set at liberty, and now roamed at will about the garden; doing some little mischief, but hindered from escape by buildings on three

A) … the brackish water itself, however nauseous to the rest of the world, was so greatly esteemed by these fowls, that they might be seen tasting, turning up their heads, and smacking their bills, with precisely the air of wine-bibbers round a probationary cask.

Explanation: A metaphor is a comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, it is often used to create an image in the reader's mind, it doesn't use the words "like" or "as" to make the comparison.  From the given passages from "The House of the Seven Gables" the one that contains an example of a metaphor is option A, in the phrase "with precisely the air of wine-bibbers round a probationary cask" the speaker is comparing the fowls with wine-bibbers.

the most ethic and honorable thing for the newspaper to do are:

be completely transparent in reporting about the company’s attempt to trade favors.

contact other construction companies to tell them about the situation.

these two options are the most ethic because both promote the market fair course, by telling the other competitors about the company attempt to get ahead in the market by trading favors, the market is guaranteed equality and justice in the trading of goods and services.

i believe it is the bright red satin shirt.