Which option summarizes the central idea of "the continuing appeal of jane eyre"?

a. the tension between public and private is a theme that endures into modern times.
b. the text is notable among gothic novels for its use of direct, unembellished language.
c. the novel's use of point of view and its focus on a single, strong female character renders it timeless.
d. the lack of figurative language makes the novel remarkable for its time period.

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.