The rhetorical device that <span>is used in this excerpt from Mark Twain's "The Danger of Lying in Bed" is anecdote (assuming that your options are allusion, rhetorical question, anecdote, and logic).
There is no allusion to any other text here, so that is not the correct answer. There are also no rhetorical questions - questions that don't need an answer because it is implied. I guess there is logic, but it is not a rhetorical device really. So, I'd choose anecdote, because an anecdote is a short, interesting story from someone's life, as is the case here.</span>
Listen to their viewpoint and after give feedback on your opinion (respectfully of course)
A comma indicates a pause between the ending of an introductory word, phrase, or clause, and the beginning of the main part of the sentence.
# A comma is used before any coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet) that links two independent clauses. ....
#It is also used after a dependent clause that starts a sentence. ...
#Commas also used to offset appositives from the rest of the sentence. ...
#They are used to separate items in a series. (this is the most commonly used)
Answer:
The answer is the 1st one: Characterization—the way the author describes his parents’ work lives