Which of these is an example of narrative ellipsis?

"she tried to hide her agony from the public gaze, to smile when her heart was almost breaking."
"she turned in her deep anguish to the father of her child, the loved and cherished dead."
"at the time when this conversation took place, the deep trials of her life had passed away."
"but before i proceed with my story, let me give you a slight history of the speakers."

Which verb from is used to indicate the perfect progressive tense

Me ! it's e2020! review the line from karin slaughter's npr interview."and with each page, that's what i try to do- is say something different about the character, something different in the reactions when they find these horrible things that are happening, or they figure out a piece of the puzzle."how does this view contract with lee child's central idea in "a simple way to create suspense"? a • child feels that the characters are not important to the plot. slaughter feels characters are central. b • child feels that characters must be unattractive and uninteresting. slaughter feels they must have reactions. c • slaughter builds suspense through her characters. child builds suspense by delaying answers. d • slaughter builds suspense by writing puzzles. child builds suspense by telling anecdotes.

What is the narrators main conflict in this passage