Question

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"Around the beleaguered Four Courts the heavy guns roared. Here and there through the city, machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs barking on lone farms. Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war."

The literary element BEST illustrated in this passage from "The Sniper" is

A. theme.
B. conflict.
C. irony.
D. setting.

Answer 1

answer:

i would say conflict

Explanation:

the whole thing is about shootings

or theme because it explains where theyre at and whats happening.. it all

depends on everything around it and how you personally feel

Answer 2

It is illustrating conflict, by showing a problem that the characters have to face