English, 26.07.2019 08:00, cestis

Read the following excerpt from mark twain's life on the mississippi: once a day a cheap, gaudy packet arrived upward from st. louis, and another downward from keokuk. before these events, the day was glorious with expectancy; after them, the day was a dead and empty thing. which comedic technique does this excerpt best illustrate? a. sarcasm b. hyperbole c. understatement d. irony

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