Which type of figurative language is being used in this example:
Anne Bradstreet was a rock. She stood strong
and stalwart against every storm that came
into her life.
A. Hyperbole
B. Extended Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Personification

metaphor

Explanation:

the narrator is comparing anne bradstreet to a rock in a metaphorical fashion. we know it's not similie because there's no like or as and it's not personification because she's already a person.

cabeza de vaca was an spanish explorer and n his long exploration of 11,000.km. from florida to present-day mexico, he went through a series of calamities and setbacks that only added to his deeds. he applied his religious creed with the humanist idea, always current and universal, that all men were equal before god and destiny without any discrimination. as an explorer, he became a slave to the tipinoga, then his shaman pointer, later and after an operation of heart to an indian (from which both came alive) he achieved stardom and became a hero followed by a crowd that professed unusual respect and admiration.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.