The Importance Of Suspense In The Land Ryland

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Boo! Did I scare you? Suspense is not knowing what is going to happen next in a story. In the short story, “The Landyland”, Dahl gives the reader clues and uses adjectives to create suspense. These technique makes the reader curious and wanting to find out more. To begin with, Dahl's use of clues it helps the reader understand the short story. A Second technique is he gives us adjective to help us understand the short story.For example he gives us words like this place look nice but then he started thinking it was strange how it was because he pushed the button for the lady to come to his room it didn't even take her a minute for him to open the door and she was there and then when he went down to sign the sheet with his name there

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