All this was half muttered to myself, as i hastily slipped on my clothes; which having done, i groped my way out of the room, and down-stairs to the drawing-room. here, after tumbling over two or three pieces of furniture, i made out to reach a sofa, and stretching myself upon it determined to bivouac there for the night.
what technique does irving use to build suspense in the excerpt

there is no reason to represent a false dillemma.

tree and the cat in the tree

when reagan refers to freedom in this passage, he uses repetition as a rhetorical device. repetition is when the same words or phrases are repeated few times to make an idea stronger and more unforgettable. in this case, when he talks about freedom, he starts the sentence whit this word followed by a verb in present simple and after an advantage of being free.

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i believe the answer is d