Which type of context clue would define the word desolation in the sentence below?

mick was feeling lonely and miserable. his desolation was unbearable.

a.
synonym
b.
antonym
c.
cause and effect
d.
explanation

The answer should be A! Hope this helps :)

the rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is parallelism. parallelism is a technique which author used in sentence as substitute of repeated synthetical similarities. it is the effect of rhetorical technique.

explanation:

the words "slavery," "devils," and "murderer" evoke a sense of disgust.