Ways to Build Suspense

Shimmering pavement, asphalt heat. Stopped talking in eastern Utah, after Shelby hit the roadkill and fritzed the air conditioning. Maybe a leg, a rib, of an armadillo in the mechanism. Western Utah, eastern Nevada, tongues gritty from tasting the air, sweat pooling in elbows, anywhere skin touched skin. Gwen falls asleep driving; car shudders over the rumble strip, waking both of them with shock, turning their blood to ice.

What techniques does the author use to build tension in this excerpt?

what can best be inferred from this excerpt is the pittsburgh pirates had a winning season in 1972., the specific information about the year is provided in the excerpt.

the other options are not correct because we can not assure that roberto clemente was the best since we don't know the information about the other players, there are no mentions about any specific fan either and it is clear that not many batters can make it to   3000 hits because it is mention as a high number.

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which of the following was specifically permitted by the emancipation proclamation?

free african americans were allowed to fight for the confederacy.

free african americans were allowed to enlist in the union army and navy.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the north.

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i go to the store and buy some cheese,suddenly there was akward silence.   out of no where comes a ninja, and he takes an apple, and chokes the cashier, until he passes out.   the disapeared in a puff of smoke.   the cashier went to the doctor, and everything was fine again.   they all lived happily ever after without anymore ninjas.

the end

go to buy cheese= exposition

akaward silence= rising action

ninja chokes the cashier= climax

cashier goes to the doctor= falling action

they live happily ever after= resolution