How does the author create suspense in this excerpt? the author uses this account to end the story with a cliff-hanger. the author repeats the word down to show the slow descent of the pendulum. the author reveals details about the measurements the prisoner calculated. the author foreshadows the coming gruesome death of the prisoner.

By allowing a long period of time to pass.

Explanation:

the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.  

a.) or b.) but i think a.)

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