Read the passage below from "The Most Dangerous Game" and answer the question
They would be on him any minute now. His mind worked frantically. He thought of a native trick he had
learned in Uganda. He slid down the tree. He caught hold of a springy young sapling and to it he fastened his
hunting knife, with the blade pointing down the trail with a bit of wild grapevine he tied back the sapling
Then he ran for his life. The hounds raised their voices as they hit the fresh scent Rainstord knew now how
an animal at bay feels.
He had to stop to get his breath. The baying of the hounds stopped abruptly, and Rainsford's heart stopped
too. They must have reached the knife.
What literary technique does the author employ in the last sentence of the passage?
Irony
symbolism
sensory detail
foreshadowing
