Answer:
C. Cold fire
Explanation:
According to the Oxford dictionary an oxymoron is "a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true )." So the phrase a "cold fire" is an oxymoron because it is directly contradicting itself.
Onomatopoeia
An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds the same as it’s meaning. The specific examples from this passage are rattling, clatter, hammer, muffled drumming.
Onomatopoeia can be used to create sensory details and allow the reader to better visualize (or in this case hear) the setting.
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One poetic technique used is alliteration exemplified by such phrases as;" lime green on the linden leaves", "burns bronze", "blue Beryl" and "glints gold". "The late September sunshine is a chameleon" is figurative language. Literal language could be "a silver sheen on the kitchen sink", or "burns bronze on the slated rooftop" for example. The alliteration is a sound device as two words starting with the same letter makes pleasant sounds.
