To Build a Fire

Which literary device is used in the following quote from "To Build a Fire"? "All this the man knew. The old-timer on Sulphur Creek had told him about it the previous fall, and now he was appreciating the advice."

a. irony
b. symbolism
c. parable
d. metaphor

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a. irony

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