This question is about "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston
Answer:
The literary device is the allusion.
Explanation:
The Jordan River is mentioned in the story, as a way of referring to its meaning, in the lives of the characters. The Jordan River means the liberation that a people can achieve. When referring to this river, the author uses the literary device called Allusion, which allows the meaning of this river to be used in this narrative.
It would be B. The other three sentences contain informal language (awful, worst, bad) B. sounds the most intelligent and formal.
A tyrant is somebody who has absolute power.
Example:
The tyrant ruled the "citizens" of his country with an iron fist.