Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.
Determined not to let my knees tremble. I forced myself up the steps to the room where I had been directed. I knocked on
the door. No one answered, so I opened it
As the door swung open, I saw a round table filled with high-ranking Nazis. Their caps were on the table, and in the middle
of the table was a radio. The radio was playing an English broadcast. Right away, I recognized the BBC
All their eyes burned into me. I realized that I had accidentally witnessed them committing a crime of treason, for which the
penalty was death. I knew they would do with me what they would, so I had nothing more to lose. "Who is in charge?" 1
asked
Why is this excerpt suspenseful?

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made man, i'll never forget

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every four years the american people choose a new president, and 1988 is one of those years."

there are several different forms of presenting this; each has a very specific format. plays have a very simple format; teleplays, for television shows, or screenplays, for movies, have more complex and strict rules for formatting.

drama

the first of these to be written for the express purpose of being performed were created by the greeks. many of our modern terms derive from greek origins.

comedy

in the greek sense, a play that doesn't end in death. in modern usage, refers to a play that is humorous.

tragedy

in the greek sense, a play that ends with the death of at least one of the main characters. in modern usage, refers to a play that doesn't have a happy ending.