Match each extract from African and Non-African prose texts to the dominant literary device or stylistic technique demonstrated in the passage.
- The silence in the ancestral compound grew into a heavy, visible fog, sitting heavily upon the shoulders of the waiting elders.Reification (Attributing concrete, physical properties to an abstract concept)
- He was a thoroughly honest politician, carving out his entire career through transparent deception and selfless greed.Paradox (A statement that appears self-contradictory on the surface but reveals a deeper underlying truth)
- The ancient locomotive groaned, coughed violently twice, and finally spat its last breath of soot before collapsing into stillness.Personification (Attributing human or animate characteristics to an inanimate object)
- She governed the household with a deliberate, cruel kindness, shielding him from hardship only to break his spirit.Oxymoron (The direct side-by-side placement of two contradictory terms)
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The correct pairings connect the materialized abstract silence to reification, the self-contradictory political description to paradox, the breathing engine to personification, and 'cruel kindness' to oxymoron.
The extract describing silence as a visible fog embodies reification by converting an abstract state into a physical object. The description of political career built on transparent deception forms a paradox by presenting a self-contradictory scenario that reveals thematic truth. The coughing and groaning locomotive exhibits personification by granting human bodily functions to a machine. Finally, 'cruel kindness' pairs conflicting words side-by-side, forming an oxymoron.
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Analysis of Literary Devices, Diction, and Stylistic Techniques in Prose