Which word has a negative connotation?

clever
astute
deceptive
ingenious

The best persuasive essay topics a.are the ones that are popular,that many other people are writing about b.are ones you feel strongly about and that can be backed up by outside sources c.are one you feel strongly about,whether or not there is outside evidence for support

It was fifteen minutes before i could work myself up to go and humble myself to a ; but i done it, and i warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither. i didn’t do him no more mean tricks, and i wouldn’t done that one if i’d a knowed it would make him feel that way. in at least one hundred words, describe what central theme in the adventures of huckleberry finn emerges in this excerpt, and how its emergence relates to the social norms of the time.

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence from james joyce's "the dead"? his soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling. a. metaphor b. alliteration c. hyperbole d. euphemism