Read this excerpt about the Vietnam War from "Ambush" by Tim O'Brien: When she was nine, my daughter Kathleen asked if I had
ever killed anyone. She knew about the war; she knew I'd
been a soldier. "You keep writing war stories," she said, "so
I guess you must've killed somebody." It was a difficult
moment, but I did what seemed right, which was to say,
"Of course not,' and then to take her onto my lap and hold
her for a while. Someday, I hope, she'll ask again. But here
I want to pretend she's a grown-up. I want to tell her
exactly what happened, or what I remember happening,
and then I want to say to her that as a little girl she was
absolutely right. This is why I keep writing war stories: how does the authors specific word choice and stylistic devices affect the excerpts tone? Be sure to use specific deatails from the text to support your answer

whatever is after like is what is being compared they are comparing bumping into you like they are scared to catch germs you have and to you being contagious

noun : part of speech

verb : variation

the scene now shifts back to the shelby plantation in kentucky, where  aunt chloe  has just received the letter tom wrote her with little eva's . mrs. shelby tells her husband about the letter, in which tom says that although his new family is kind, he still longs to return to his "real home."

mr. shelby, in the meantime, has still been plagued by debt. mrs. shelby offers to raise money, especially so that they can buy tom. mr. shelby becomes angry, and his wife lets the unlikely hope drop for the present. chloe then calls for mrs. shelby and asks if she could be hired out as a pastry cook in louisville in order to earn money for tom. mrs. shelby gives chloe her blessing.