What form of literary technique did j. d. salinger depict in this excerpt from the catcher in the rye?

"it was the last game of the year, and you were supposed to kill herself or something if old pencey didn’t win."

a.
metaphor
b.
simile
c.
hyperbole
d.
imagery

When mrs. jameson says "it (the desert) won't leave you cold," what does she mean?

How did torrance show louie he was forgiven

"the only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. they were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house."