Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.
Determined not to let my knees tremble. I forced myself up the steps to the room where I had been directed. I knocked on
the door. No one answered, so I opened it
As the door swung open, I saw a round table filled with high-ranking Nazis. Their caps were on the table, and in the middle
of the table was a radio. The radio was playing an English broadcast. Right away, I recognized the BBC
All their eyes burned into me. I realized that I had accidentally witnessed them committing a crime of treason, for which the
penalty was death. I knew they would do with me what they would, so I had nothing more to lose. "Who is in charge?" 1
asked
Why is this excerpt suspenseful?