Can someone please read and summarize the story "the elevator" by william sleator THX 50 POINTS

4.in those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: choose out of these: hyperbole, irony, historical question, paradox, allusion, metaphor, personification, symbolism and simile

The dogs created when they pulled the christmas tree down and started eating the candy canes.

In describing jimmy wells as the truest, most loyal fellow, what tone is conveyed