Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

...she seemed very surprised to see I was wearing a black tie and she asked me if I was in mourning. I told her Maman had died. She wanted to know how long ago, so I said, "Yesterday." She gave a little start but I didn’t say anything. I felt like telling her it wasn’t my fault, but I stopped myself because I remembered that I’d already said that to my boss. (The Stranger, Part One, p. 20)

Based on the rest of the story, the underlined sentence in the excerpt above is an example of what literary technique?

A.oil character
B.repetition
C.sensory image
D.syntax

Answer 1

B. Repetition

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Correct answer is Repetition

Step-by-step explanation:

In Albert Camus' "The Stranger" there is a lot of repetition of the variations of the sentence "It wasn't my fault". The main character keeps repeating this over and over again, as if he is questioning everything he does or thinks, so it adds to the absurdity of the novel.