Question

Identify and explain a rhetorical strategy used by hawthorne in order to build tension between Chillingworth and Prynne in chapter 4 of the scarlet letter.

His choice of words represent suspense between the two. I don't know

Answer 1

You should get some ideas in these websites below. Read lots and take good notes.

Read the modern-English text in the right hand column and the original in the left column.
http://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/lit/the-scarlet-letter/chapter-4/

Scroll down and check through the Sparknote to get some ideas:
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/scarlet/section3.rhtml

Read about different rhetorical devices here:
http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm

Answer 2

i already did

Answer 3

I know he uses diction

Answer 4

Why dost thou smile so at me?” inquired Hester, troubled at the expression of his eyes. “Art thou like the Black Man that haunts the forest round about us? Hast thou enticed me into a bond that will prove the ruin of my soul?
The black man,haunts,and ruin soul is diction

And doesnt it create suspense

Answer 5

I didn't find diction in that list of rhetorical devices, but it's in this list of literary devices:
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/

If that's what you want to write about, write it up. If you explain your thoughts completely and use quotations from that chapter, you'll be fine.