The structure of the story builds suspense by making the narrative into a quest.
Explanation:
The narrative uses well tested techniques of building suspense in On a mountain trail by Harry Perry.
The first example one can see is in the beginning when the author describes the particular difficulty of the quest for the top.
Thus starting medias res and then going back to give details.
The second example is that the narrator often employs descriptive passages just before a new development to draw out the moment.
This builds suspense even more in the text.
Answer:
I answered this already, i said it was answer B.
The answer to your question would be that the definition that best identifies and explains the function of the word "tying" as it is used in this sentence is the following one: In the selected sentence, the word "tying" is a verbal that functions as an adverb.
A verbal is a word formed from a verb but functioning as a different part of speech. "Tying his shoe" is a participle phrase. In fact, it is present participle phrase, as it is created from the form of a verb used with the verb to be as an auxiliary verb (progressive tense). Removing the auxiliary verb and using the -ing form of the main verb produces a present participle. In this case the participle is functioning as an adverb because it is telling something about the manner in which Garrett prevented an embarrassing fall. He did this tying his shoe. You can tell this by asking the following question: How did Garrett prevent the embarrassing fall? Tying his shoe.
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Explanation:
The narrator feels really guilty towards the end of the story because he killed the old man.The narrator is clearly guilty of murder but what is important is that he considers himself sane. The purpose of him narrating the story is to tell the reader of his sanity as indicated by his careful and astute planning of the crime.
