The author uses first person perspective to help create suspense in this passage.
Having the author experience the events along with the narrator creates a sense of calm and happiness at first, lulling the narrator (and the reader) into a sense of comfort. Then, seeing the surprise and the horror of her older face the narrator and the reader discover it together and the mood shifts instantly.
A rhetorical question<span> is asked for a real answer, but to make the audience think about it. The effect that they have after being asked the question is why the question is asked. </span>
<span>first-person protagonist is the correct awnser</span>
Another word for clever is smar tand intelligente
