Read the following excerpt from the reaping scene in The Hunger Games and
answer the question that follows.
It's time for the drawing, Effie Trinket says as she always does, "Ladies first!' and crosses to the glass
ball with the girls' names. She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper.
The crowd draws in a collective breath, and then you can hear a pin drop, and I'm feeling nauseous, and
so desperately hoping that it's not me that it's not me, that it's not me.
In this excerpt, the sequence of events creates suspense by*