Read this excerpt from "hope, despair and memory" and answer the question.
let us remember job who, having lost everything - his children, his friends, his possessions, and even his argument with god - still found the strength to begin again, to rebuild his life. job was determined not to repudiate the creation, however imperfect, that god had entrusted to him. job, our ancestor, job, our contemporary. his ordeal concerns all humanity. did he ever lose his faith? if so, he rediscovered it within his rebellion. he demonstrated that faith is essential to rebellion, and that hope is possible beyond despair. the source of his hope was memory, as it must be ours.
in the above excerpt, which rhetorical device is wiesel using?

i decided to stay late in the laboratory to continue my experiment with the lightbulb. at midnight, thomas edison opened the door and walked in with his head held high.

1. he leaned on the wall and observed me carefully.

2. his harsh scrutiny made me self-conscious of my skills in the lab.

3. perhaps it was just me, but the air in the laboratory began to thicken as i found myself having difficulty to breathe.

4. i turned to look at him fully as i mentally prepared myself for what my very first words would be to thomas edison.

5. the next couple of seconds shocked me. it wasn't me who spoke, but rather him and with diction i could never think of using in a simple sentence.

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hey, sorry if this was bad, i really didn't know what to write but i wanted to you. is there anything that you had to include within the excerpt?

falling action

explanation:

the answer is x = -10

in the poem young by anne sexton and in the poem hanging fire by audre lorde, they both talk about being alone in their childhood. in young it talks about how she lived in a big house with 4 garages and how she layed in the grass at night. in hanging fire it talks about how she didnt like her body how she was scared she was going to die and her mom would be in the room with the door closed and she talks about how she had to learn to dance for the next party and how her room was too small. she also talks about (hanging fire) how she was alone and abanded and how people never toke her side and see how she truly feels about the world around her. in both poems they talk about when they were younger. both poems explain the side of a happy alone rich girls life in young and in hanging fire it talks about a girls who is poor and doesnt like her body..