Question

The following passage is an example of which of the literary devices listed below?

Answer 1

Answer:

I believe it's C, imagery

Explanation:

The quotation is a description of the scene taking place, which therefore makes it an example of imagery.

I apologize if this is incorrect.

Answer 2

Answer: There are  many literary and rhetorical devices used in the passage.

They are as follows:

Metaphor- A metaphor is a rhetorical device that makes an implicit comparison . It helps create a mental image of the effect of comparison.

The words- shadow, harbingers, horizon

Personification- This literary device contributes human traits to non human entities.

In the passage 'sun' is personified in the statement, ' it was going to Sainsbury at such an unlikely time of the year. '

'Umuofia which had dozed in the noon day haze'.

'they were the harbingers sent to survey the land.'

Simile - It is is a rhetorical device that makes an explicit comparison .

'slowly moving mass like a boundless sheet of black cloud '; tiny eyes of light like shining star dust.

Visual imagery- It is a literary device that helps create a visual image, a pen picture of a situation or landscape through words.

The concluding line of the passage completes the visual image-it was a tremendous sight, full of power and beauty.

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