The figurative languages in this story like where are the similes , metaphors , etc... in the story at

Answer

Similes are two things using such as like or as

A Metaphor is a word or phrase applied to an object or action  

Hyperbole is  a figure of speech, it is usually not meant to be taken literally

Personification is when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person, in literature or art, as an anthropomorphic metaphor.

Explanation:

answer; /// the correct answer to the above statement is (a) because of the decline on native american labor forces;

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.