comparing tell tale heart to a confession
...child. This essay will explore the tension,paragraphing,linguistic devices and punchuation techniqus used and the simularities and differences between them. para 1 In"the tell tale heart" a large quantity of hyphens have been used. They have been used to seperate the long sentences,"True! -nervous - very,very dreadfully nervous..." This means the reader is allowed extra information thus making the sentences longer. This shows the pace of the text, also the extra information provided is highlighted on due to the hiphens."The tell-tale heart" also features several retarical questions witch creates significant irony to the reader. "How then,am i mad?" This technique is an attempt to get into the readers mind and to persuade the reader that the narrater is sane it also allows the reader to become closer to the the murderer to perhaps understand him.In "A confession..." commas, semi colons and hyphens are use...