Need asap - what is a literary device that can be used for a discouraging quote? ? or where someone is put down? any literary device that would make sense would be gladly appreciated : )

What do we know about the mother in “two kinds”? select all that apply. she came from china. she had two daughters who died. her mother, father, and first husband are dead. she is part japanese.

1. saved aronnax from drowning "an incident" 2. speed of the nautilus man-of-war 3. next to captain nemo conseil 4. electricity vigo bay 5. "a coral tomb" 20,000 leagues 6. the nautilus runs aground nemo's "thunderbolt" 7. episodes are connected by aronnax's quarters 8. captain nemo's "bank" cause 9. distance aronnax traveled on the nautilus "a fine death for a sailor" 10. captain nemo sinks for revenge 50 miles per hour

Direct characterization includes select all that apply. statements by the author about a character's personality statements by the author about a character's appearance statements by the author about what a character is like statements by the character about what they hate