What figurative language does this quote from kite runner have?

“there is no monster, he’d said, just water. except he’d been wrong about that. there was a monster in the lake. it had grabbed hassan by the ankles, dragged him to the murky bottom. i was that monster” (hosseini 86).

“unlike my opponent, i propose freedom from crime, freedom from poverty, and freedom from unemployment “ what rhetorical approach is the speaker most likely to be talking in this sentence? a. the speaker wants the audience to question the meaning of freedom and redifine it. b. the speaker wants the structure of this sentence to stand out in the listeners minds. c. the speaker wants to anticipate and address w counter-argument from his or her opponent. d. the speaker wants to transition into a topic that is largely unrelated to previous topics.

(the black cat poem) where does the writer fail to support her points with evidence? what evidence from the story would you suggest adding to support these points?

Which words best describes the speakers?