The figurative language used is Oxymoron.
It is a Oxymoron because the words contradict each other when it says “ we lay down our arms” to “we can reach out our arms”
I beleive the first option should be write.
Connotation involves all of the positive and negative things associated with a word. Words with the same denotation (meaning) can have very different connotations.
for example: calling someone who dislikes spending money thrifty budget-savvy is very different from calling that person stingy or scrooge.
A) cause and effect
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Chillingworth had been living with Native Americans before appearing in Boston