Question

How does the author of “A Modern Love Letter” create surprise? Cite examples of how the author’s choices in structuring the passage and the use of foreshadowing develop the element of surprise. Your response should be at least two complete paragraphs.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

When reading this I thought the author could make this sudden with the actions from Bella that would create the surprise and while bringing it by pieces of suspenseful for the readers both at the same time. I liked the way people used the name Bella in a letter which brings surprises to her because it creates this thought of her special to someone. “I bend to retrieve it, surprised to see “My Bella” scrawled ornately across the front.” The author foreshadows this flashback of what had happened earlier in this short story.

Also, the author states in the story “I look past him, but Abuela gasps and exclaims, “Alejandro, after all these years!” The author built both what was surprising and the feeling of this story's climax. I thought when the author uses this foreshadowing, he had made the main character show both emotion and express herself throughout the short story with the climax. The small number of actions like this when Bella thought she may recognize who is writing to, build her thinking or show foreshadows of the past and then she acquired surprise as when she notices who is likely writing to her.

Answer 2

The author makes sudden actions of Bella that would create surprise and also be at suspense for the reader at the same time. The way people call Bella in a letter surprises her because it makes her special to someone. “I bend to retrieve it, surprised to see “My Bella” scrawled ornately across the front.” The author foreshadows to create a flashback of what happened earlier in the short story.

When the author states in the story “I look past him, but Abuela gasps and exclaims, “Alejandro, after all these years!” the author creates surprise and a feeling of the story's climax. When the author uses foreshadowing he makes the main character show emotion and express herself throughout the short story. Small actions like when Bella recognized who is writing to, make her think or foreshadow the past and then she gets surprised as she notices who is likely writing to her.