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write three to five sentences analyzing how one of the folktales builds suspense. you may choose either tale.

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In "A Wolf and Little Daughter," the author builds suspense by having the wolf repeatedly appear and disappear. Each time he reappears, the wolf is closer to the girl and she is closer to getting home safely, which makes the suspense grow because her chances of getting away safely seem to grow as she gets closer to the gate and decrease as the wolf gets closer to her.

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In "Better Wait Till Martin Comes," the author creates suspense by repeating the same entrance scene for each cat. However, the tension grows each time a cat enters because each cat is bigger than the one that came before. The story is especially suspenseful when the biggest cat implies that another creature named Martin is on its way. The reader assumes Martin must be even bigger than these cats because they are unwilling to do anything until he arrives.

c. barbarians with unexpected intelligence  

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.