Suspense and Horror: Gothic Writing across Time

Question 4 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 11 B Credit Recovery 5 Credits

What does Irving use to build suspense in the story? Check the five best answers.

Answer

the odd collection of guests

the lack of detail about the haunted room experiment

the guests’ desire to sleep in the haunted room

the scene in the bedroom when the picture “haunts” the narrator

the jovial nature of the guests who ask to sleep in the haunted room

the breakfast scene, when the narrator is revealed as the man who saw the ghost

the abundance of food and morning joy at breakfast

the host’s explanation, which promises to reveal the purpose of the story

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The Scarlet Letter, Part 2