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3 April, 18:49

Read this excerpt from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi: My father was a justice of the peace, and I supposed he possessed the power of life and death over all men and could hang anybody that offended him. Which of the following literary devices is best shown in this passage?

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  1. 3 April, 21:22
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    Hyperbole. Judges, while powerful do not hold the power of life and death alone.

    No man can be judge, jury, and executioner.
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