This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
‘His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink,’
Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
The dominant device in this extract is
- progressive repetition
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progressive amplification
- bold contrast
- rhyetorical emphasis