Alisha began the introduction of her speech by saying: have you ever been knocked down so hard by life that you didn't feel you'd ever get back up? this has happened to me many times, the first being when i tried to ride a bicycle when i was very young. today i want to discuss with you some basic strategies for coping with life's challenges. what kind of supporting material did alisha use in her introduction? a. expert testimonyb. brief examplec. metaphord. hypothetical examplee. simile

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?