"[t]here is a secret about one of my rooms on which i feel disposed to try an experiment. so, gentlemen, none of you shall know who has the haunted chamber, until circumstances reveal it. i will not even know it myself, but will leave it to chance and the allotment of the housekeeper. at the same time, if it will be any satisfaction to you, i will observe, for the honor of my paternal mansion, that there’s scarcely a chamber in it but is well worthy of being haunted." what technique does irving use to build suspense in the excerpt? a. the pace of the story quickens. b. the word choice darkens the tone. c. odd characters are introduced. d. setting details are intentionally omitted.

D. Setting details are intentionally omitted.

Explanation:

In the excerpt from "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture," the author Washinton Irving increases suspense by excluding details about the haunted room experiment , which creates a mood of anxiety and uncertainty. In that respect, the narrator does not want to tell guests whether they are sleeping in the haunted chamber.

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.