Question

Read this excerpt from the passage:
[26] "Oh, my poor Mathilde! How you are changed!"
[27] "Yes, I have had a pretty hard life, since I last saw you, and great poverty-and that because of you!"
[28] "Of me! How so?"
[29] "Do you remember that diamond necklace you lent me to wear at the ministerial ball?"
[30] "Yes. Well?"
[31] "Well, I lost it."
[32] "What do you mean? You brought it back."
[33] "I brought you back another exactly like it. And it has taken us ten years to pay for it. You can understand that it was not eas
us, for us who had nothing. At last it is ended, and I am very glad."
[34] Madame Forestier had stopped.
How does the author use pacing to affect tension in this excerpt?
OA. The author slows down the pace to build tension between the two women as they discuss the lost necklace.
O B.The author speeds up the pace to build tension between the two women as they discuss the lost necklace.
C. The author slows down the pace to ease tension between the two women as they discuss the lost necklace.
D.The author speeds up the pace to ease tension between the two women as they discuss the lost necklace.

Answer 1

The author used pacing to affect tension in this excerpt in that:

• A. The author slows down the pace to build tension between the two women as they discuss the lost necklace.

What is Pacing?

Pacing refers to how slowly or fast an author moves when writing a text. The reason for a slow or fast pace might be to build some form of tension in the reader.

In this text, the author slowed the pace at the start of the conversation to build tension.

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