In the short story, On a mountain trail by Harry Perry, How does the structure of the story help build suspense? Cite at least two examples in your answer.
the person with the best answer gets :)

The short story "On a mountain trail" was written by the British author Harry Perry Robinson. He was also known for his photography and journalism. He was praised for his coverage on WWI.

Therefore it is clear from the above examples that the author is trying to build suspense using this structure in the story.

Learn more about  Mountain Trail here;

link

The structure of the story builds suspense by making the narrative into a quest.

Explanation:

The narrative uses well tested techniques of building suspense in On a mountain trail by Harry Perry.

The first example one can see is in the beginning when the author describes the particular difficulty of the quest for the top.

Thus starting medias res and then going back to give details.

The second example is that the narrator often employs descriptive passages just before a new development to draw out the moment.

This builds suspense even more in the text.