Read the following excerpt from The Call of the Wild. and answer the question that follows "And as Buck understood the oaths to be love words, so the man understood this feigned bite for a caress."
In the excerpt above, the words "oaths" and "love words" are examples of an author using:

onomatopoeia
synonyms
similes
antithesis

Hint its not similies

Read the passage: canines may not be the deepest thinkers in the world. but perhaps that's for the best. the life of a dog—sitting alone all day, waiting for everyone to come home—can be pretty boring. super-smart animals would probably get totally stressed out, says university of pennsylvania researcher james serpell. look at it this way: if dogs were any smarter, they probably wouldn't choose to hang around with us. which best describes the tone of the passage?

Me determine which are quote or paraphrase.

What is the central idea in this advice from branch rickey to jackie robinson?