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.
Answer:
D
Explanation:
Work-relief means relief of the unemployed through wages paid for jobs provided by the <u><em>government</em></u> on public works. Short answer, the government pays wages for the unemployed.
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The correct answer is B. Both show conflict between the rights of individuals and groups.
Both show how the common good is always above an individual good. The common good is "common" because it protects the interests of the majority of people, while not jeopardizing any individuals. That's why there are democratic elections, where everybody has the right to vote, but the majority decides who is going to represent them. It's not that the individual's opinion doesn't count or doesn't matter; on the contrary, it always counts. But at the end, it's about the assessment of all members of a group.