How does edgar allan poe build suspense in "the raven"?

a. by making the bird say more and more horrific things

b. by repeating the tapping sound at the speaker's door

c. by having the wind blow out the candles in the chamber

d. by worsening the storm as the poem progresses

The correct answer is:  B.  By repeating the tapping sound at the speaker's door. On a sad night the narrator reads a book when he hears a knock on the door of his room, thinks he is just a visitor and that he will attend the next day because his pain over the death of Lenore is very strong, the strident curtains they scare him, then he decides to open the door, he apologizes to the visitor, when he opens the door he does not see anyone and he only hears the echo of the word Lenore, returns to the room and again he hears the pounding, thinks that it could be the wind outside the window, but when he opens the window a raven enters and perches on his door.

in general, fiction refers to plot, settings, and characters created from the imagination, while nonfiction refers to factual stories focused on actual events and people. however, the difference between these two genres is sometimes blurred, as the two often intersect.

explanation:

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.