One morning, in cool blood, i slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; hung it with the tears streaming from my eyes, and with the bitterest remorse at my heart; hung it because i knew that it had loved me, and because i felt it had given me no reason of offence; hung it because i knew that in so doing i was committing a sin a deadly sin that would so jeopardize my immortal soul as to place it if such a thing were possible even beyond the reach of the infinite mercy of the most merciful and most terrible god. what technique does the author use in this passage in order to call attention to the importance of the event? a. a metaphor to show the narrator's remorse b. a flashback to a previous, similar event c. use of the phrase "most terrible god" d. repetition of the phrase "hung it"