veronica exercised and took vitamins every day, trying to make sure she would feel strong and healthy during her vacation. when she arrived at the hotel, many guests had the flu. she got sick the next day.
which literary device is the author using?

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read the following excerpt from the novel "oliver twist" by charles dickens. although oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not theoretically acquainted with the beautiful axiom that self-preservation is the first law of nature. if he had been, perhaps he would have been prepared for this. not being prepared, however, it alarmed him the more; so away he went