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Read these sentences from "The Cask of Amontillado."

"Enough," he said; "the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough."

"True—true," I replied.

Which literary technique is employed in these sentences?
                                                                                                                              withholding information

pacing

humor

foreshadowing

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Answer:

foreshadowing

Step-by-step explanation:

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Part B

Answer: to build suspense

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Based on the sentences from ‘The Cask of Amontillado’, the literary technique that is employed in the sentence is foreshadowing. This is a way of having a writer or author give its reader an idea of what would likely occur later on.

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