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?

imagery

foreshadowing

irony

symbolism

Answer 1

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

B. foreshadowing.

Step-by-step explanation:

"Marigolds" is a short story by American author Eugenia Collier (born 1928). It has a first-person narrator, Lizabeth, who is 14 years old and lives in a poor community during the Great Depression.

The last line of the passage is:

"And these feelings combined in one great impulse toward destruction."

This line uses a literary device called foreshadowing, which happens when an author reveals a detail that will later unfold into something important in the plot. In this particular case, when Lizabeth mentions "destruction", she implies that she will later destroy all the beautiful marigolds in Ms. Lottie's garden. Lizabeth is angry, sad, and confused. This is the way she finds to externalize her feelings.