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Select the correct text in the passage.
Which two details help to build tension in the passage?
(1) While my Waler² was cautiously feeling his way over the loose shale, arid Kitty was laughing and chattering at my side-while
all Simla,³ that is to say as much of it as had then come from the Plains, was grouped round the Reading-room and Peliti's
veranda - I was aware that some one, apparently at a vast distance, was calling me by my Christian name. It struck me that I had
heard the voice before, but when and where I could not at once determine. In the short space it took to cover the road between
the path from Hamilton's shop and the first plank of the Combermere Bridge I had thought over half-a-dozen people who might
have committed such a solecism, and had eventually decided that it must have been some singing in my ears. Immediately
opposite Peliti's shop my eye was arrested by the sight of four jhampanies in black and white livery, pulling a yellow-paneled,
cheap, bazar 'rickshaw. In a moment my mind flew back to the previous season and Mrs. Wessington with a sense of irritation
and disgust. 'Was it not enough that the woman was dead and done with, without her black and white servitors re-appearing to
spoil the day's happiness? Whoever employed them now I thought I would call upon, and ask as a personal favor to change her
jhampanies' livery. I would hire the men myself, and, if necessary, buy their coats from off their backs. It is impossible to say here
what a flood of undesirable memories their presence evoked.

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Answer:

options of 1st and second option is NOT correct. just took the test

PLEASE HELPP ME OUT!! Select the correct text in the passage. Which two details help-example-1
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Answer:

1. "While my Waler was cautiously feeling his way over the loose shale, and Kitty was laughing and chattering at my side...I was aware that someone, apparently at a vast distance, was calling me by my Christian name."

2. "It struck me that I had heard the voice before, but when and where I could not at once determine."

Step-by-step explanation:

Written in the first person, the narrative places the reader directly in the shoes of the protagonist. The first two paragraphs, in particular, benefit from the use of powerful language that does a great job of setting the scene and establishing the mood. Tension is building up in the speaker as he attempts to figure out who is shouting his name, and it shows in his words and actions. Both the reader and the narrator are surprised when Mrs. Wessington's servants show up out of the blue, which adds to the tension and worry that were already there.

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