Is there a story or article where this is used in? If not then I'd say hyperbole. "Ice storm of glass" is heavily exaggerated.
Six million Jews<span>
Six million Jews died in the Holocaust. Jewish communities across Europe were shattered. Many of those who survived were determined to leave Europe and start new lives in Israel or the United States. Most of these Jews were killed by the Germans because Hitler believed the Jews were the cause of Germany's economic problems. He employed mass killings and created concentration camps in which they would be killed.</span>
The story "A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett, the author provided the local color of the rural side of Maine. Local color refers to the author's use of language and manners distinct to a particular region or a group of people. Local color was made popular during the literary movement of <em>realism</em> - a literary style dedicated to representing familiar things as they are.
<span>The unchecked consumption of resources will cause the downfall of civilization.</span>
