Read the excerpt from a short story. The young docent welcomed the class to the museum, explaining that the east wing was under construction and he’d be leading them to the first exhibit. His fingers leapt to his name tag as he nervously introduced himself as “Liam, a student of the arts.” Then he bade the group follow him. They traversed a vaulted hall lined with hulking objects, each one obscured by a faded tarpaulin. Some of the items stretched across the floor, others cast long shadows on the museum walls.
What technique does the author use to build suspense in the excerpt?
darkening the word choice
quickening the pace of the story
intentionally omitting setting details
making the outcome of events uncertain

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

b and d

explanation:

yes this is def an analogy

a comparison between two things

explanation:

the answer is:

a. american car ownership in the 1900s 1. (supporting detail).

in the outline, the example sentence that describes how many americans owned cars in 1900 and 1917 should be located in the body paragraph that speaks about car ownership in the 1900s. the reason is, the details with the number of citizens who owned cars in those times provide specif evidence to support the understanding of the paragraph.