Highlight the parts of the passage that show suspense.
He began to ransack the room. Books, radiators, closets, lunchbags, schoolbags. Bulletin boards, wall maps, the terrestrial globe. The U.N. poster, the steel engravings of Washington and Lincoln. He even emptied Louise's three pots of geraniums and sifted the earth.
—"Object Lesson,"
Ellery Queen
Which suspense technique is being used here?
adding a twist to the plot
creating a sense of urgency
making things difficult
surprising the reader