If a rose bush appears at the beginning of a story, and a rose appears in a vase at the end of the story, those images are
used as
through-lines
narrative arcs
translate
metaphors
bookends
me !

The answer is Bookends.

Explanation: Bookend- Images, events, or ideas that appear at the very beginning and very end of a narrative arc, framing the story.

(D) bookend

Explanation:

images, events, or ideas that appear at the very beginning and very end of a narrative arc, framing the story

don't hold me on this but it should be b

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.