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Competency 4—Knowledge of a wide range of literary and informational texts

DIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response.

What literary device is illustrated by the excerpt below?

The solitude, vast, terrible to the eye,
was like a mute avenger everywhere. . . .

Hugo, V. (1991). Russia 1812, from The Expiation (R. Lowell, Trans.). In Prentice Hall literature: World masterpieces (annotated teacher's ed., p. 888). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. (Original work published 1853)

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Correct Response: A.