What figurative language is used in the following sentence -
"The wind fanned the fire and the cottage was quickly enveloped by the flames, which clung to it and licked it with their forked and
destroying tongues"
Simile
Paradox
Personification
Hyperbole

Besides the skull and cross bones what other shape sometimes appeared on flags flown by pirates?

The author’s purpose for including this in the introduction is

Excerpt from an enemy of the people henrik ibsen mrs. stockmann. (turns to the hall door, listening.) i expect that is mr. hovstad coming. billing. very likely. (peter stockmann comes in. he wears an overcoat and his official hat, and carries a stick.) peter stockmann. good evening, katherine. mrs. stockmann (coming forward into the sitting-room). ah, good evening--is it you? how good of you to come up and see us! peter stockmann. i happened to be passing, and into the dining-room). but you have company with you, i see. mrs. stockmann (a little embarrassed). oh, no--it was quite by chance he came in. (hurriedly.) won't you come in and have something, too? peter stockmann. i! no, you. good gracious--hot meat at night! not with my digestion, when peter stockmann enters, what does his physical appearance to reveal about his character?