“His honor…” Oxymoron
“He was a gay dog…” Metaphor
“Well, after a long time…” Onomatopoeia
“She was a curious woman…” Hyperbole
<span>If you have choices which are:
a. expository
b. descriptive
c. persuasive
d. argumentative
Then the answer is letter D. If we will try to define argumentative, it </span> makes an argument that also persuades you in a different way but only of the sense that this time it is knocking what argument you made do. So from the excerpt, it shows an argument about the subject.
Provide the link to the text so I can help you.