Read the excerpt below and answer the question. from across the street a man hollered, “good for you gonzalez. welcome back to earth.” what the man across the street knew, and the boys had known, was that the man they all called “filthy fredo” had never retaliated what is the author’s tone toward fredo in the excerpt above?

Read the following passage "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if all the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important.what two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the importance of literature and the dangers of miningb. humankind's basic survival needs and independence c. the nature of learning and societal dysfunctiond. the powers of rumors and abuse of authority

What language device is used in the highlighted text?

How does it change your understanding of the laws to read them as a primary source rather than just a summary of laws?