Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis

Question 1

Question 1

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A,C,E

Question 2

What does Irving use to build suspense in the story? Check the five best answers.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: the odd collection of guests; B: the lack of detail about the haunted room experiment; D: the scene in the bedroom when the picture “haunts” the narrator; F: the breakfast scene, when the narrator is revealed as the man who saw the ghost; H: the host’s explanation, which promises to reveal the purpose of the story

Question 3

How does the description of the expression in the picture increase suspense at this point in the story?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: It never explains the cause of the pain.

Question 4

Question 4

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B

Question 5

What effect does the increase in suspense have on the mood?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: It encourages the reader to keep reading.

Question 6

Question 6

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C

Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis Answers

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