Just thinking about him makes Angie's arm hair take on the form of a showy peacock. What is the meaning of the underlined phrase?
A.
burst into flames
B.
turn blue and green
C.
stand up straight
D.
sway back and forth

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?

He contains the main idea in a paragraph. a. thesis statement b. first sentence c. declarative statement d. topic sentence

Which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used in the underlined portion of the text?