Read the excerpt from lee child’s "a simple way to create suspense".

like the old cartoon of the big fish eating a smaller fish eating a very small fish, you’ll find out the big answer after a string of smaller drip-drip-drip answers. the big answer is parceled out slowly and parsimoniously.

which statement by karin slaughter shows a similar central idea?

1- i want it to change them, and i want my reader to feel that change through the character, as if it's them.
2- there has to be this peeling away of the onion, where you get to the core of the character as the story unfolds.
3- i mean, you know, crime is such a great tool for talking about the human condition, and that's what i like to do.
4- if you think about "to kill a mockingbird," for instance, some of those courtroom scenes are more tense than any grisham novel, you know.

2- There has to be this peeling away of the onion, where you get to the core of the character as the story unfolds.

This is the sentence that most resembles the main idea of the excerpt. Both passages reflect the view that the big answer has to come slowly, as you get through the story. Moreover, both ideas state that the way to maintain suspense is to give the reader smaller pieces of the puzzle, while saving the main secret for the end.

it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.

imagery :

"facing the rising sun of our new day begun"

paints a vivid picture and emphasizes the meaning, purpose, and emotional weight of the piece

alliteration:

"sing a song full of the faith".

contributes to the musical quality

oxymoron:

"silent tears"

intensifies the emotional content of the poem

simile :

"loud as the rolling sea"

conveys a sense of widespread rejoicing

explanation:

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