1)How does the author create tension in this story? Bella likes Mateo, a boy who smiled at her once in the library.

Abuela reveals that she once loved a boy in her native Cuba.

An unknown admirer leaves a love letter each day for Bella at her home.

Bella plans to use her detecting skills to solve the mystery of the letters.

2)How does the author craft the story to create surprise?

Bella runs an errand for Abuela, hoping another letter will arrive while she's gone.

Abuela finally tells Bella and her mother about her family's abrupt departure from Cuba.

Alejandro's identity as the writer of the love letters is withheld until the end of the story.

Abuela encourages her daughter to allow Bella to have a chance at love after the flashback.

this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.

hmm, sadly there is no dialogue. there is no place in the story where he is talking to anyone. it's more of just describing what he eats and where he sleeps. you have to become anne frank, give details of where you are, what other folks look like, how the environment is. have a little bit of dialogue tell of what people are specifically saying. anne frank talked about her entire household including the people, the objects, the lighting, the food they ate, and even the smell in the air. there has to be more to your diary entries, the whole story in its current state is only about peter van daan, the food, the sounds, and where he sleeps. also he seems to be writing only once a year yet more than that happened from day to day. for a friend, i can you write it out, if you want.

b. the poet identifies with private people.

    in the stanza, dickinson states she doesn't wish to seek fame and recognition from the public eye. nor is she afraid of authority figures, and you can definitely tell she isn't hiding something. more as she identifies with private people, who are not known by the community