Answer:
might have been is the answer.
This story creates a feeling of tension because this is about someone who is He didn’t traveling to Mars and has his life on the line. The main character is anxious to what will happened and doesn’t know what to expect. In the story it states “Something was wrong,” this gets you on the edge of your seat because before that part everything seemed fine. Other detail is “nothing happened. Then the side-jets spotted, and he was slammed sideways into the cot.” When you read, “nothing happened” you feel relief but then you read that he was slammed sideways into the cot. This gives you tension because it’s something that frightens you if it were to happen to you.
This was challenging but hope this helps!
Vocabulary and dictation- think about a horror movie; if the surroundings are totally fine and normal and it's only the actions that are scary, its not that scary.
BUT if the surroundings are eerie and unsettling, then you're unsettled and scary. You feel?
Love the entire thing! Great structure, just fix the grammar in the part that says “even though all that makeup....”. Instead say something like “despite all the makeup they wear”. Hope this helps :D
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