She soon saw a team of four sable (black) horses, snorting smoke out of their nostrils, and tearing their way out of the earth with a splendid golden chariot whirling at
their heels
To draw the reader into the story, in this excerpt the author is using...

imagery
irony
mhetoric
tone

imagery

Explanation:

The “snorting smoke”, “tearing their way”, “splendid gilded chariot whirling at their heels” are very descriptive depictions of a “horse running with a golden carriage.”

sorry, you didn't give me the proper question

explanation:

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.