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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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