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According to your question:-
1) Cite three lines from the poem that reveal the author's tone.
Ans:-
"I seem to remember people, atleast in cities"
"Do you see nothing watching you under the water?"
"Whose dream is this, I would like to know:"
The above three lines, clearly shows that he is a talkative, curious as well as a calm person.
2) Then summarize Atwood's attitude in a sentence.
Ans:- The attitude of Atwood is quite strange. He is a curious person, and after his curiosity is over, he is questioning whether why it happened or how. In short, he is a peculiar person.
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<span>the answer is b. meaning</span>
The rhetorical device which best describes the example shown is; Choice C; Allusion.
<h3>Antithesis and Allusion as Rhetorical devices</h3>
Antithesis is used in literature in writing or speech either as a proposition that contrasts with or reverses some previously mentioned proposition, or when two opposites are introduced together for contrasting effect.
An allusion put simply, is when one hints at something and expect the other person to understand what we are referencing.
Hence, it follows particularly from the line; "You know Donna Weems as the Shakespeare of our school" that the rhetorical device is; Allusion.
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