All of the following statements are possible views of language. choose the statement that most closely
matches your opinion of traditional language rules.
the traditional rules of language are there for a reason. they should not be broken.
the traditional rules of language are meaningless. there is no reason to follow them,
the traditional rules of language are unimportant. all that matters is that people understand me,
the traditional rules of language are important. however, they must be adapted to different
situations.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile