What is the effect of the narrator's announcing that a crime will take place?

When the narrator announces that a crime will take place, it makes an ominous feel to the story(a feeling that something bad is going to happen).

Explanation:

Using this narrative strategy can be both good for the story or bad. It could place a sense of anticipation and excitement that some cool things are going to happen in the story. But if done wrong, it could just spoil the story and ruin the fun.

the correct answer is c. analytical reasoning. it is when you analyze the situation to form conclusions.

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."