Read the following passage from The Interlopers by Saki:

Question

“The feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill-will of the two men had not stood in the way... a famous law suit, in which Ulrich’s grandfather had wrested some disputed land from the illegal possession of a neighboring family of petty landowners.”

What literary device is being used in this passage?

(1 point)

Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing

Flashback
Flashback

Irony
Irony

Symbolism

Answer 1

The literary device being used in this passage is Flashback. This is because the mention of Ulrich’s grandfather and the past law suit provides background information that informs the current feud between the two men, reflecting on events that have occurred before the present action of the story.