Read the excerpt from Lee Child's "A Simple Way to
Create Suspense".
Which statement by Karin Slaughter shows a similar
central idea?
Like the old cartoon of the big fish eating a smaller fish
eating a very small fish, you'll find out the big answer
after a string of smaller drip-drip-drip answers. The big
answer is parceled out slowly and parsimoniously.
O I want it to change them, and I want my reader to feel
that change through the character, as if it's them.
There has to be this peeling away of the onion, where
you get to the core of the character as the story
unfolds.
O I mean, you know, crime is such a great tool for
talking about the human condition, and that's what I
like to do.
If you think about "To Kill a Mockingbird, for instance,
some of those courtroom scenes are more tense than
any Grisham novel, you know.

Which two elements does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens contain? "a small matter," said the ghost, “to make these silly folks so full of gratitude." "small! " echoed scrooge. the spirit signed to him to listen to the two apprentices, who were pouring out their hearts in praise of fezziwig: and when he had done so, said, "why! is it not? he has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. is that so much that he deserves this praise? " "it isn’t that," said scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. "it isn't that, spirit. he has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count ’em up: what then? the happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune." he felt the spirit's glance, and stopped. "what is the matter? " asked the ghost. "nothing particular," said scrooge. "something, i think? " the ghost insisted. "no," said scrooge, "no. i should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. that's all."

What are the effects of cellular phones on our lives introduction

Which statement about “the jitling of granny weatherwall” most clearly describes streak of consciousness? a)in her narration, granny often gets distracted by random thoughts. b)granny feels disillusioned from her jitling from many many years ago c)brief moments of dialogue break up otherwise long sequences of description. d)the narrator often relies on metaphor to convey granny’s thoughts and feelings