What is the function of a claim in an argument

Read this statement: "but old fears have a way of clinging like cobwebs." how is this statement related to figurative language? this statement demonstrates personification. this statement demonstrates a hyperbole. this statement demonstrates a onomatoepia. this demonstrates a simile.

Which answer best explains the consequences of the mass hysteria that took place during the salem witch trails

What is the independent cause in this sentence? "if the poem is about going mad when love is lost, what would happen if love didn't die? "