No change. Also, for future reference, you might want to try reading out the sentence with each option to see what sound right.
Answer:
The rhetorical figure used here is similitude or simile.
The narrator's tone in the passage reveal the following about her perspective:
She will not let other people tell her how to dress.
She makes it clear that she does not like fashion and its dictates, and would rather dress modestly, which is what God tells people to do in the Koran, than following the "less is more" trend.
In response to the argument that the British have protected the colonies, Thomas Paine argues that while this is technically true, the British have only done so for their own economic gain, not out of a feeling of altruism.
I cannot see the passage.
