This question is based on General Literary Principles. 'From Debbie's room comes the sound of the typewriter. It is an old mechanical typewriter, its noises...

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The striking figure of speech used in the passage above is onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is a literary device that imitates a sound. In the passage, the sounds of the typewriter are described as "metallic and clicking" and the "little bell" is described as "musical or almost musical 'cling'". The use of onomatopoeia helps to create a vivid and realistic image of the sounds in the reader's mind.