Question

ead the excerpt from a short story. After two hours of a tedious cinematic production, the dim aisle lights flickered back on. Having endured scenes of fake gore and the phony distress of deficient actors, I stood to leave with a measure of relief. I would breathe easy in the open air, away from the greasy odors and the sniffling man whose cough had noisily barked over the on-screen dialogue. My steps slowed as the queue of exiting patrons jammed the aisles. Then the sliver of light from the exit door went dark. The theater was briefly silent, and I heard the unmistakable sound of a deadbolt locking. What technique does the author use to build suspense in the excerpt

Answer 1

The excerpt in the passage above was written in such a way that the outcome of the unfolding event is uncertain, this is what the author used to build suspense in the passage. The suspense created by the author will drive the readers to read the book until the end of the play is known.

Answer 2

The author uses the following technique: The outcome of events becomes uncertain.

Step-by-step explanation:

The author writes a series of events that succeed each other so as not to revalue a result to the reader. As the reader does not know where these events will lead, or what comes after each one, it creates an atmosphere of suspense in reading.