It's hard to answer without an excerpt you should have been provided. But I'll help you anyway. I suggest you to go with the second one: The speaker’s voice in the selection from “Clearances” is private and nostalgic.
Answer:
Simile
(Comparison between two things)
The actors were different races but back then they were mostly all white men and women.
"<span>We need to ask for a change at this critical juncture, as our city rapidly expands at an unprecedented rate."</span>
Are these meant to be titles of something (a book, movie, etc)? If so, then they should either be in quotation marks or in italics.
