The following paragraph is an incomplete part of a personal essay. Choose the answer that (a) correctly identifies the type of paragraph and (b) provides
an adequate completing sentence:
When I reached the finish line, seeing four other people in
front of me finally made me realize what competition is all
about. All the time and energy I had invested in improving
my body's performance was not for the benefit of hearing
my name called as a prize winner – what mattered was
that I finished, and the place number was secondary to
knowing I had put forth my full effort.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile