Identifying Ways an Author Builds Suspense
Highlight phrases in the passage that help build suspense.
When all the people had assembled in the galleries, and the king, surrounded by his court, sat high up on his throne of royal state on one side of the arena, he gave a signal, a door beneath him opened, and the accused subject stepped out into the amphitheater. Directly opposite him, on the other side of the inclosed space, were two doors, exactly alike and side by side.
—“The Lady, or the Tiger,”
Frank R. Stockton
Which suspense-building technique is shown most clearly in this passage?
A. putting characters in jeopardy
B. using time to build tension
C. placing characters in a dangerous setting
D. using point of view to show characters’ thoughts
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