Read the excerpt from Lee Child's "A Simple Way to
Create Suspense".
Which statement by Karin Slaughter shows a similar
central idea?
Like the old cartoon of the big fish eating a smaller fish
eating a very small fish, you'll find out the big answer
after a string of smaller drip-drip-drip answers. The big
answer is parceled out slowly and parsimoniously.
O I want it to change them, and I want my reader to feel
that change through the character, as if it's them.
There has to be this peeling away of the onion, where
you get to the core of the character as the story
unfolds.
O I mean, you know, crime is such a great tool for
talking about the human condition, and that's what I
like to do.
If you think about "To Kill a Mockingbird, for instance,
some of those courtroom scenes are more tense than
any Grisham novel, you know.

(1) one of the most popular festivals in southeast asia is diwali, the hindu festival of lights. (2) diwali means “row of lights.” (3) several legends claim that the festival was created to celebrate the homecoming of lord rama after more than 14 years of exile. (4) after lord rama defeated the demon ravana, the people placed small lanterns outside of their houses to light their leader’s way home. (5) today, the festival honors many different gods and traditions. (6) most people view diwali as a celebration of hope and a time to remember that good will always overcome evil. (7) people celebrate the five-day festival with an abundance of lights, fireworks, food, and music. (8) many families also pay their respects to different gods by building small altars in their homes. jordan has decided that moving sentence 4 before sentence 3 will improve the organization of the report. is jordan correct in her revision? a) yes, because the revision explains why rama was exiled b) no, the revision disrupts the logical order of the report c) no, the revision moves the answer away from the posed question eliminate d) yes, the revision improves the chronological order of the report