In at least 250 words, choose two literary devices used in n Rip Van Winkle and describe how they’re both used to develop one of the themes in the short story.

Two literary devices used in “Rip Van Winkle” are imagery and irony. Washington Irving uses vivid images to develop the characters, setting and the theme of the story. Also, the imagery about the natural world in this passage help you make inferences about what happened while Rip slept. Irving used irony to describe the character but in a playful way. Rip is likable but very lazy, he is the hero so Irving uses a playful and humorous tone to describe his character.

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the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself. 

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