Read the excerpt from a short story.
the young docent welcomed the class to the museum, explaining that the east wing was under construction and he’d be leading them to the first exhibit. his fingers leapt to his name tag as he nervously introduced himself as “liam, a student of the arts.” then he bade the group follow him. they traversed a vaulted hall lined with hulking objects, each one obscured by a faded tarpaulin. some of the items stretched across the floor, others cast long shadows on the museum walls.
what technique does the author use to build suspense in the excerpt?
darkening the word choice
quickening the pace of the story
intentionally omitting setting details
making the outcome of events uncertain

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.