"poor little doggie, you saved his child."

"a dog's tale." mark twain, 1904.

what literary device is "his" an example of?
a. irony
b. paradox
c. flashback
d. subplot

A. irony

Explanation:

"Poor little doggie, you saved HIS child."

At the end of the story, the footman says it to the dog whose puppy was killed by the dog's owner. The sad irony of these words is that, earlier in the story, the dog had saved the master's child when a fire broke out in the nursery.