Read the following passage from Zora Neale Hurston's "How It Feels to be Colored Me":
Even in the helter-skelter skirmish that is my life, I have
seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little
pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world
- I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
What type of literary device is being used here?
A. Allusion
B. Synesthesia
C. Extended metaphor
D. Metaphor

What is the allure of fear? what have you learned from the story about portrayals of fear in literature?

Excerpt from jane eyre charlotte bronte 2 i was glad of it: i never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to eliza, john, and georgiana reed.

Read the following excerpt from the play a raisin in the sun by lorraine hansberry: johnson (this usa woman who decided long ago to be enthusiastic about everything in life and she is inclined to wave her wrist vigorously at the heigh of her exclamatory comments.): hello there, yourself! h’you this evening, ruth? which assumption about johnson is most likely true based on the stage direction? a. her enthusiasm is used to mask her fear of public places