Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."

Ellery searched everything in the room, from the socket of the American flag to the insect-filled bowls of the old light fixtures, reached by standing on desks.

Everything.

"It's not here!" whispered Louise in his ear.

What is the source of tension in this excerpt?

Ellery in looking for a sepcific object. The writer has built tension by detailing out her search for that specific object. The correct location of the object is the source of tension.

Explanation:

Authors build narrative tension to keep readers stuck to the story.  Tension is main component of any story-writing.

being untruthful

eating too much

overstaying one's welcom

this is that correct answer.

where are the anwsers