My mother's voice was like a cool, dark room in summer - peaceful, soothing, quiet.
identify the type of figurative language used in the excerpt and how it adds to the overall characterization.

The figurative speech is Simile

Explanation:

A simile is a figure of speech where two things are directly compared and one is an exemplification of the other, it is widely used by writers because it helps to give specific qualities and characteristics to the people and places in the story, here the simile is describing the voice as something peaceful soothing and quiet.

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paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."