Question

Read the passage below from “Marigolds” and answer the question. I had indeed lost my mind, for all the smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst—the great need for my mother who was never there, the hopelessness of our poverty and degradation, the bewilderment of being neither child nor woman and yet both at once, the fear unleashed by my father’s tears. And these feelings combined in one great impulse toward destruction. What literary device does the author employ in the last sentence of the passage? symbolism irony foreshadowing imagery

Answer 1

Foreshadowing because "And these feelings combined in one great impulse toward destruction." Is foreshadowing how one great impulse will lead to destruction in the future. 

Foreshadowing is a warning or indication of (a future event).

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Answer 2

The literary device that the author employed in the last sentence of the passage is:

• Foreshadowing

What is Foreshadowing?

Foreshadowing is used when the speaker or writer wants to give a clue of what will happen in the future.

The destruction mentioned in the last sentence is a form of foreshadowing because it gives the reader a hint of what will happen soon.

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