If there is a selection of answers I would go with
Repetition
Parallelism
maybe some others but I don't know all the poetic devices you have to chose from
The passage would end with a twist because the reader would have been kept in the dark about key facts
Answer:
This question can't be answered or understood without reading the paragraph (5) it pertains to. Seriously, we can't read your mind, or your teacher's.
Explanation:
The minister stood still if the requset to talk her seat.