Read the passage. lori is a hawk when it comes to grammar. she spotted a mistake in a document, and she swooped in to fix it before anyone else even noticed. which figure of speech, or literary device, does the author use in the passage?

The author is using a metaphor in this passage.

Explanation:

A methaphor is a literary device that compares one thing to another without being literal. In this case, the metaphor is "Lori is a hawk." Obviously, Lori is not really a hawk, but the author compares her to a hawk because she spotted and swooped in the mistake like a hawk would do with their prey. Unlike a similie, a methaphor does not use like or as to make the comparison.

d rising action

answer: there description

explanation: the description of a character