Which sentence from Heart of a Samurai uses pacing to build excitement?
He leaped up onto a rock and swung his stick over his head. "Agreed?"
That was back when there had been water. And birds.
He stared at them for a long time thinking that they reminded him of something.
This idea heartened them; they lay down to sleep a little less burdened.

"He leaped up onto a rock and swung his stick over his head. 'Agreed?'"

Explanation:

That was back when there had been water. And birds.  

It makes no excitement, because it has a longing sort of thought

He stared at them for a long time thinking that they reminded him of something.

It is a memory of sort that is thinking of the past, and is calm

This idea heartened them; they lay down to sleep a little less burdened.

There is no excitement, and it is talking about the lessened guilt and burden.

The sentence brings hope into the story.

I hope it helps!!!

I think it came from edge

A

Explanation:

the correct answer will be d or c for me it may be different

the rhetoric device being used to persuade the audience is pathos.