The author's technique in building the suspense in the excerpt is that the author quickened the pace of the story through changing the words in each sentences as if it is in a thrilling mood. Through this, the author affected the reader's emotions also due to the pace of the story.
Your answer is lines 2 and 3.
The delivery of a speech helps the audience understand the topic, what you're talking about, and keeps the speech on track.
For example, if you were giving a speech on Romeo and Juliet, you wouldn't want to get off topic by giving information about Shakespeare's life instead of information and analysis of the play.
Explanation:
The poet has followed the rhyming scheme abcbdd in all the stanzas except the second one. So the last one on your list.
I believe the answer is Memoir. Informational text is any text (or more specifically literature) that is non fictional, or factual.