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Identify the literary device used in the following lines:
There wasn't anybody at the church, except maybe a hog or two, for there wasn't any lock on the door and hogs likes a puncheon floor in summer-time because its cool. If you notice, most folks don't go to church only when they've got to; but a hog is different.

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Satire
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Epic
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Pastoral
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Exaggeration
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Solution

The correct option is C Satire
Satire uses humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people's vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other social issues. The given lines employ satire (irony) to make a social commentary. The correct answer is option A.

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