Struggles of being black in America are trying to survive while being black . Which mainly means trying to stay alive in a white mans world .
The answer is D. It is not specific at all. It doesn't even say what is wrong with the article, story, etc.
The answer is B.The swan is a personification of death and dying even when it is not a person.The swan and the particular behaviour it has in the situation here, proves to be that of the act of dying , the moment when death becomes it all.It cannot be a metaphor because it is not implying a resemblance with an object or thing.It is not a simile because we do not have two things being compared with a <em>it is like...</em>Finally it is not a hyperbole because there is no exaggeration at anything resembling a swan.
I think you need to explain what the families do when the wind changes and what differences each of the families do while preparing for the change in winds. For the written argument I might suggest to argue whether the families that built windmills is more clever than the family’s that build walls.