Yes, "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen uses literary devices such as symbolism (the Spirit Bear representing forgiveness and healing), imagery (vivid descriptions of nature and the island setting), and foreshadowing (hints at future events through Cole's dreams and interactions with the bear).

Quantitative descriptions have to do with numbers such as 2 cars ,5 children etc. Qualitative descriptions have to do with characteristics such as the flat ball the red cup etc.

Longfellow includes vibrant descriptions why should he include these descriptions?

Conifers bear cones, (hence the name) and in general Broadleaf trees do not do so. But the Drachophyllum genera have long needle like leaves, and many monocotyledons have a similar habit.

The dichotomy Broadleaf/Conifer is not a very good one. The dichotomy Deciduous/Evergreen is even worse.

A better one is Angiosperm/Gymnosperm which has rather definite descriptions of their characteristics.

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