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Debate are formal discussions on particular subjects, such as those as on conflict. Conflict often leads to arguments and disagreements, etc.
So in other words, debate, like discussing on how to do things, can solve conflict and male things easier.
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.
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