(1) people have always dreamed of flying. (2) it's safe to say that even in ancient times people could have flown if they had only had enough inspiration. (3) the ancients knew that hot air would rise. (4) arabs spoke about the "jini," a being who rose from the earth. (5) the "jini" inhaled the hot desert air to fly. (6) later, humans would capture hot air in a paper balloon and take flight for the first time. (7) this did not take place until the 18th century. (8) before that time, the idea of flying humans was just myth and fantasy. (9) one of the earliest stories about flight is about the chinese kingdom of ki kuang. (10) ki kuang is a mythical 2000-year-old chinese kingdom. (11) the people of ki kuang were said to fly in chariots with wings.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

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The waves crash on the shore ? alliteration ,assonance,onomatopoeia