The letter that she receives from her mother. Lyddie learns that her little sister, Agnes, has died and that her mom is in need of more money to help the family. Lyddie's reaction to the letter is that she works ever-harder to help her hurting family. <span><span>
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<span>You think because I am her mother I have a key?</span>
Assuming that you're talking about racing the storm tv show,
the author create suspense through pacing by jumping through a car chase scene, without explaining any background about how and why it happen, which directly created suspense in the first minute of the show
I think the answer is rate of speech.
