Read the passage. What is the purpose of the juxtaposition in the passage?

Roads should be accessible to all citizens, not blocked with snow. Why can't the city council organize the plowing of our streets? Maybe they are spending too much time arguing with each other, and not enough time
working for constituents.

to emphasize problems facing a city.

to explain how plows will be paid for.

to reveal who the author thinks should lead.

to explain the details of extreme weather

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