Answer: what is this from
u have to be more specific
Explanation:
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From the excerpt you posted it looks like the writer's primary purpose is to persuade the audience to share his point of view.
This can be seen in phrases like "it seems to me that the decision is easy", where he implies that he has enough knowledge to see something that the Township officials are not seeing.
Shrill because the noun of it is a shrill sound or cry
your answer is Simile I do believe