Something . . . something isn't quite right here, Andrew thought as he took one cautious step forward. He strained his eyes look
ing down the pitch-black hallway that lay before him. However, he saw nothing . . . nothing at all. Andrew tried to hear any movement down the hall. But he heard nothing . . . nothing at all. The stillness of the house disquieted him. Andrew took one more step into the darkness, and that darkness enveloped him. There was no way out . . . no way out at all. How does the writer build tension within the passage?
A. by focusing the passage on one character.
B. by developing a slow, suspenseful pace.
C. by using a house as the passage's setting.
D. suspense.
The root word bi means two. One example of this root word being used is the word bicycle. The root word is used so as to tell people that this bicycle has two wheels. A unicycle is a riding device that has one wheel.