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Question about emma by jane austen?

what are some rhetorical devices she uses and where in the book are they?
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Irony is usually a key component of satire – and it’s Jane Austen’s trademark, so that’s a good sign that we’re dealing with some form of satire here (see our discussion of this in "Tone"). But what (or who) is being satirized? Well, we could say Mrs. Elton.

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