... also has parallelism in it. Parallelism is when an author repeats words of the same grammatical form to balance expressions, converse words, and build climaxes. Poe is also very specific, meaning that he uses words that bring real and genuine situations to mind. In "The Black Cat" he does this very well when talking about Pluto: "The latter was a remarkably large ... , idea, or object that may stand for ideas, values of persons, or ways of life. A universal symbol has an obvious meaning that everyone knows and recognizes. A universal symbol in "The Black Cat" is the black cat itself. Bla...

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• Grade Level: High School