Read this excerpt from "American identity crisis? What's an 'American' identity?" (2008) by Paul Wallis: A cultural identity is a sort of myth by definition. There are very few "pure" cultures left, but they're routinely upheld by advocates of the social equivalent of monocultures.
America, since the Melting Pot days, has been lugging around the Anglo-American image like a security blanket.

The author uses all BUT which stylistic technique?

sensory language
tone
mood
word choice