Read the following lines of "In Trying Times." "They asked him for the grove that fed him as a child, with its obedient tree. They asked him for his breast, heart, his shoulders. They told him that that was absolutely necessary. they explained to him later that all this gift would be useless unless he turned his tongue over to them, because in trying times nothing is so useful in checking hatred or lies." What literary device is used in the above lines? (1 point) Responses allusion allusion hyperbole hyperbole paradox paradox dramatic irony
