"Other people came running up then; some who had followed me from the twelve-acre, some from the other side, wondering what has made Rosalind go _tearing out of the house as if it were on fire._" What literary device is being used from the _ _?

In this unit we learned about arguments and rhetoric. in an argument we use ,not informal language

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

The essay sea stars by barbara hurd. what point is the author making by comparing a sea star missing an arm to a human losing a limb?