JAMB Literature in English 1983 Question 1

Marcus Antonius roused the public to mutiny in his funeral speech in Julius Caesar partly because he succeeded in discrediting Brutus and Cassius by calling them 'honourable men', when in fact he consciously organized his speech to prove that they were dishonourable. This device is known as

1. A.allegory
2. B.hyperbole
3. C.irony
4. D.contrast
5. E.parallelism.