From the presence of the staples, chain and padlock already in place, the reader can infer a. that montresor has carefully planned this. b. that others have been buried alive. c. that fortunato knew what would happen to him. d. that the catacombs is a dangerous place.

A.that Montresor has carefully planned this.

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

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