Question

Read this passage from "the black cat": the officers bade me accompany them in their search. they left no nook or corner unexplored. at length, for the third or fourth time, they descended into the cellar. i quivered not in a muscle. my heart beat calmly as that of one who slumbers in innocence. i walked the cellar from end to end. i folded my arms upon my bosom, and roamed easily to and fro. the police were thoroughly satisfied and prepared to depart. what does poe use to create the effect of time passing quickly in this passage?
a. short sentences
b. sensory imagery
c. parallel structure
d. figurative language

Answer 1

The answer to this question is A. short sentences

Answer 2

Answer:

a. short sentences  

Explanation:

Poe makes the impact of time passing rapidly by utilizing short sentences that accelerate the pace of the story.

Many things occur in this passage, however a lot of what happens is canvassed in single brief sentences.   For example:

I walked the cellar from end to end.

These eight words propose that the storyteller strolled forward and backward a few times. He would not have been remaining toward one side of the basement, in any case however would have strolled to one end, at that point turned and strolled to the opposite end, and, since there was nothing to keep him at that finish of the basement, he would have needed to turn and walk back at least as far as where he had originally been standing.