Read the excerpt from the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde.

i hesitated long before i put this theory to the test of practice. i knew well that i risked death; for any drug that so potently controlled and shook the very fortress of identity, might, by the least scruple of an overdose or at the least inopportunity in the moment of exhibition, utterly blot out that immaterial tabernacle which i looked to it to change.
the excerpt is a good example of suspense because it

educates the reader with background information.
tells the reader the inner thoughts of a main character.
amuses the reader with interesting descriptive details.
makes the reader excited about what will happen next.

The correct answer is D. Makes the reader excited about what will happen next.

Explanation:

The word suspense refers to a mental state in which people feel anxious, nervous, uncertain and expectant for what will happen next or how certain events will end, this means suspense relies on the lack of knowledge and certainty someone has about something.

In literature suspense is widely use to keep the readers attention and interest for continuing reading during a story this is usually created by the use of pauses in the text, the use of adjectives and words that transmit a nervous and anxious state and a specific organization of events in the story that let the reader know the truth just at the end of it.

In the case of the excerpt presented the author uses the thoughts of the character to create suspense by using first-person narration to explain how nervous the narrator is about the use of the drug which makes the creates an uneasy feeling in the reader as he does not know whether the character will use or not the drug. Considering the excerpt creates this anxiety and an expectand feeling is a good example of suspense as the reader feels excited about the actions that will happen next.

D

Explanation:

the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

answer a.

b

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