staring into the ring of candles - proud that the number of his years finally made a ring, all around the cake - Luke suddenly remembered another cake, another ring of six candles. Mark's. He remembered Mark's sixth birthday ...Mark had been whining, "But I wanna have a party. Robert Joe had a party on his birthday..." Mother had said, "Ssh," and looked from Mark to Luke, saying something with her eyes that Luke didn't understand.

question: Which story telling device does the author use in this passage?
a.foreshadowing c.symbolism
b.metaphor d.flashback

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