English

Violet

15 April, 12:14

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"But have you not received my notes?" cried Marianne in the wildest anxiety. "Here is some mistake I am sure

-some dreadful mistake. What can be the meaning of it? Tell me, Willoughby; for heaven's sake tell me, what

is the matter?"

He made no reply, his complexion changed and all his embarrassment returned; but as if, on catching the eye

of the young lady with whom he had been previously talking, he felt the necessity of instant exertion, he

recovered himself again, and after saying, "Yes, I had the pleasure of receiving the information of your arrival

in town, which you were so good as to send me," turned hastily away with a slight bow and joined his friend.

(Sense and Sensibility, chapter 28, p. 36)

Which literary technique does Austen use in this excerpt?

hyperbole

foreshadowing

understatement

extended metaphor