Answer: I didnt read it but probably name, age, were he lived that type stuff so child good I'm guessing but again I did not read it
Explanation: it usually always starts with how the person's life was as a kid then keeps going and etc.
The figurative language type used in the excerpt is metaphor, I know this because it compares the mother's voice using like or as. In the text it says " was like a cool, dark room in a summer - peaceful, soothing, quiet." It says that the mother's voice was "like" something that couldn't normally be used as descriptive words for a voice.
The author used verbal irony. What he said was different from what he meant, as it obviously was far from the downpour he described.
There is no passage, so it is impossible to answer this question. I apologise.
