What technique makes both excerpts effective?

Read these sentences. when the fever seemed to be near an end, the city of philadelphia became active once again. shops opening and people coming out of their homes, ships began to sail on the river. which transition phrase best connects the ideas? by the same token on the contrary in addition to in this case

What are some of the images and diction used by the narrator that evoke the "dream of america"?

Why does a coyote decide to take care of bill and if you need the story’s name it is pecos bill