Which statement best describes how the story’s rising action creates tension?
it raises questions about what great-aunt gertrude is sorry for.
it raises questions about why great-aunt gertrude hid her generous deed.
it raises questions about why the family is in slovakia.
it raises questions about the orphans great-aunt gertrude .
(story is secret in slovakia)

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Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown. her forehead was mild and benevolent between the smooth curves of gray hair; there were meek downward lines about her nose and mouth; but her eyes, fixed upon the old man, looked as if the meekness had been the result of her own will, never of the will of another. in at least one hundred words, explain how this excerpt uses explicit and implicit details to describe sarah penn.

Realism was a fairly influential and widespread literary movement in the united states in the latter half of the nineteenth century. which american writer is among the pioneers of american realism? a. ernest hemingway b. f. scott fitzgerald c. j. d. salinger d. mark twain