The correct answer is "Setting".
In this excerpt, the focus is clearly to provide<u> a vivid visual representation of where the actions are taking place</u>. The author indicates several <u>details about the scenery functioning as backdrop</u>, also inserting <u>hints of a somber tone into the narrative</u>. Often the setting of a story plays an extremely important role in how the characters and actions are developed, or it can even function as a character itself, <u>presenting the protagonists with specific difficulties and conditioning.</u>
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Present progressive------------------had to get it wrong to know the right answer .-.
Political satire is the rhetorical device used in the excerpt you mentioned.