Answer:
Simile
Explanation:
Similes are when you say "like" or "as." In the excerpt, it says "My mother's voice was LIKE a cool dark room in summer..." This is comparing the narrator's mother to a peaceful room in summer. This is to show how the narrator's mother is very calming and likable.
They’ve already agreed to come over for supper.
The correct answer is C: <span>To impress the disparity of experience between citizens and slaves.
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This paragraph is informing the audience that what they enjoy -- freedom and independence -- is not what slaves enjoy. He is trying to impress upon his audience the "the immeasurable distance between" them.