The answer is in the statement: <span>This is a stylistic device where the writer repeats the same word or phrase for the purpose of emphasis.

Therefore, the answer is repetition.</span>

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1.8 ("he is pinned down...passing by"). 1.7.1 How do the footsteps pin the boy down? 1.7.2 What does "footsteps passing by" sugg

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The given lines: ("he is pinned down...passing by" ) show that a person is being oppressed and there is a nearby passerby that could intervene and rescue him.

How do the footsteps pin the boy down?

The narrator does not explicitly state that the footsteps pin the boy and based on the incomplete narration, one can infer that there is a person pinning the boy down and nearby footsteps mean that there are people walking in the nearby place or the vicinity, or neighborhood.

Also, the line "footsteps passing by" suggests that there are people walking in the nearby place or the vicinity, or neighborhood.

<h3>What is a Narration?</h3>

This refers to the use of a narrator to tell a story through the use of a sequence of events to advance a plot.

Hence, we can see that based on the given lines: ("he is pinned down...passing by" ) show that a person is being oppressed and there is a nearby passerby that could intervene and rescue him.