What rhetorical device is used in the preamble?

Recall that garrett hongo’s poetry often explores themes about the topics of alienation and discrimination, particularly of asian american people. which elements of the poem "the legend” support themes about these topics? check all that apply. imagery of an “asian, thai or vietnamese” man who is alone and wearing dingy clothes diction, such as “just done his wash for the week” imagery of snow falling softly one evening in chicago diction, such as “dressed as one of the poor / in rumpled suit pants” and “a babbling no one understands” the perspective of a boy who gets lost in the crowd

Is fly as thick as driving rain a simile

Read the sentence from "black hole beginnings." as more stuff gathers, its combined gravitation grows stronger. what question should readers ask to determine the effect in the sentence? 1.how much stuff is combined? 2.where does the stuff gather? 3.why does the gravitation grow stronger? 4.what happens when more stuff gathers?