To show that something is true

What language device is used in the highlighted text?

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

What is one way that “the maori: genealogies and origins in new zealand” contrasts with “the raven and the first men: the beginnings of the haida”? a. the maori myth features courage, but the haida myth does not. b. the maori myth features community, but the haida myth does not. c. the maori myth features the gods, but the haida myth does not. d. the maori myth features deception, but the haida myth does not.