Which type of rhetorical device is used in the lines, "while some have prospered beyond imagination in this global economy, middle-class americans—as well as those working hard to become middle class—are seeing the american dream slip further and further away"? a. simile b. juxtaposition - my answer c. anaphora d. metaphor

Yes, the correct answer is B, juxtaposition.

In this statement, those who have prospered beyond imagination are juxtaposed against middle- and lower-class Americans.

Or, we could also say that those who have achieved the American dream are juxtaposed against those who are watching it slip away. Both are true in this argument.

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.