Slowly and surely the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.
-H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898
How does the opening paragraph of The War of the Worlds create suspense?
A. By giving hints about events in the story that have already
happened
B. By telling the reader the Martians' plan from the beginning
C. By telling the reader that the narrator will survive the attack
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D. By giving the reader clues about how the aliens are defeated
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