Question

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How does the second paragraph add suspense to the situation described in the first paragraph?

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Responses

It pauses in describing the current action to add background information that heightens the tension of the conflict.
It pauses in describing the current action to add background information that heightens the tension of the conflict.

It makes the reader dislike Ulrich and hope that something bad will happen to him in the forest.
It makes the reader dislike Ulrich and hope that something bad will happen to him in the forest.

It demonstrates that Ulrich is in a position of power from which he appears likely to fall.
It demonstrates that Ulrich is in a position of power from which he appears likely to fall.

It suggests that something monstrous is lurking in the forest, waiting to ambush the unwitting hunter.
It suggests that something monstrous is lurking in the forest, waiting to ambush the unwitting hunter.
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Answer 1

It pauses the present action to give background information that heightens the tension of the conflict.