Answer:
The comment: "The author's use of dark, sinister words provides the perfect backdrop for suspense." -is about the diction of a story.
Explanation:
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The rhetorical device used by Twain in this excerpt is the anecdote (C.).
<u>An anecdote is defined as an entertaining narrative, usually relating biographical events</u>.
This definition fits to the text because the story is an account of events which happened to the character in the past ("One winter's night, two years ago, I...") and the narrative is comical enough to be considered for entertainement value ("I was carrying off a box of guns ... and he had got my corpse!").
C.
If he's called a great chief, he must be great, strong, and brave.
I believe it's A....but I've never heard of B or D but if those two where a chose I'd chose B then....hope that helps
If im remembering correctly, this is based on a book, (I forgot the title) and your answer should be D. She was running away from assassins on the Stardust.
<em>(dont kill me if im wrong, its been a while since ive heard of this book)</em>
