Select the correct answer.
Which event did the author use to create tension in the text?

A.
Laurence calls out to Esther and places his hands on her shoulders to cajole her into coming back inside.
B.
Father Paul reads aloud the evening prayers in the large room beyond the hallway where Esther could hear him.
C.
Esther is in the store and is overcome by sensory memories of her home and desperately wants to return there.
D.
Esther overhears the traders at the post worrying that all their hard work would be lost if she went back to her pagan ways.

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The event that the author used to create tension in the text is option D. Esther overhears the traders at the post worrying that all their hard work would be lost if she went back to her pagan ways.

What does author do to create tension?

Author create tension in works of arts by:

  1. By writing an incomplete description to arrest the reader's interest.
  2. Create an obstacle for characters in order to distract them.
  3. Give hint at what they think they see—but again, don't explain it entirely. Find ways to drag out the description until readers finally see it.

Therefore, on the basis of the third means of creating tension by author is why option D. Esther overhears the traders at the post worrying that all their hard work would be lost if she went back to her pagan ways is correct.

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