Why does the author include seven sentences, spread over two paragraphs, between the moment when the narrator and her
family find the box and when Great-Aunt Gertrude's good deed is
revealed?
By deliberately slowing the pace of the story at this
point, the author increases and draws out the tension
felt by readers.
By describing each and every detail in this short
O scene, the author increases the pace and thus,
increases the mystery.
By bringing the pace of the story to a crawl, the author
Obegins to assuage tension and signals to readers that
the resolution is near
By placing more sentences between the rising action
o the climax, the pace is increased and the tension
builds.