5. What type of figurative language is the following sentence: “The boys...were confirmed in their belief that Joe had sold himself to the devil."'?

The prefix of the italicized word in the sentence is rather difficult

Cameron, who has an extreme and unreasonable suspicion of other people and their motives, suffers from paranoia which is a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur, was absolutely sure that someone was following him even though he was absolutely alone and hadn't seen a car for miles and miles.

Describe the situation precisely what time of day and year is it where is the speaker what is happening to the weather