what is the effect of beginning this story in this manner "the story of the late Mr. Elvesham " what is the effect of beginning this story in this manner A. It creates tension by suggesting the man will die. B. It creates humor because the man does not know how his audience is. C. It creates excitement, because the man is about to have an adventure. D. It creates confusion because it is not possible to tell the whether the man is a hero or a villain.

A. It creates tension by suggesting the man will die.

Explanation:

Option A is the correct answer because beginning the story that way will make readers to conclude that something unfortunate will happen to the man.

Also, the last sentence gives a strong suggestion that the man will die:

"...My own case, I know, is hopeless, and I am now in some measure prepared to meet my fate."

This is true because the man mentioned that his case was hopeless.

The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham is a short story written by an English writer known as H. G. Wells.

The short story was narrated by a man called Edward Eden. He meets a strange old man who wanted him to be his heir. As a result of this strange encounter, other stranger things followed.

i think the answer is c

chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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