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What are the words that create suspense in
this passage?
It was General Zaroff. He made his way a
long with his eyes fixed in
utmost concentration on the ground befor
e him. He paused, almost beneath
the tree, dropped to his knees and studi
ed the ground. Rainsford's
impulse was to hurt himself down like a
panther, but he saw that the
general's right hand held something meta
llic--a small automatic pistol.
The hunter shook his head several times,
as if he were puzzled. Then he
straightened up and took from his case o
ne of his black cigarettes; its
pungent incenselike smoke floated up to
Rainsford's nostrils.
Rainsford held his breath. The general's
eyes had left the ground and
were traveling inch by inch up the tree.
O hurl himself down like a panther
O incenselike smoke floated up
O traveling inch by inch

Traveling inch by inch

Explanation:

The words that create suspense in the given passage are traveling inch by inch. Rainsford is watching General Zaroff from a tree and trying to remain discreet. He wants to attack, but doesn't, as he sees that Zaroff has a gun. At the end of the passage, Zaroff begins to look up the tree inch by inch. This creates suspense. It's an action that takes longer than it should (Zaroff could've looked at the tree quicker), which makes us nervous about what is going to happen next, about whether he is going to see Rainsford or not.

The rest of the options are just words that make it easier for us to imagine the scene more vividly.

because it's a cool name

explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)