Answer:
Hmm, I'm not sure what type of techniques would describe those phrases, but I know a word that does.
Explanation:
platitude
"a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful."
examples:
"Everything happens for a reason."
"Time heals all wounds."
Answer:
"Bruno, trying to change the subject, asks Shmuel if he has any sisters. ... There is an tragic irony in Shmuel's statement that he wants to work with animals in a zoo, because he and the other prisoners are currently being treated like animals—lower than animals, even, as they are killed with impunity."
This is what I found online.
I have never read this book before so...
Simile, ballad and rhyme.
I hope this helps you.
The word game in this passage means animals for hunting.
