Question

read the passage. then answer the question. the lost phone sally was walking toward her building when she noticed something on the ground. she knelt down and uncovered a cell phone. she picked it up, but she was not sure what to do with it. sally touched the screen, but it was locked, so she turned it over and noticed the phone case had a picture of a bird on the back—a nuthatch! thrilled to recognize the bird, she also realized that there was someone else in the building who loved birds. it must be annas phone, sally thought, as she raced into the building to find her. how does the author use point of view to create suspense for the reader? a the reader does not know who the phone belongs to at first. b the reader knows more about the lost phone than sally does. c the reader learns only what sally knows through her thoughts. d the reader does not know at first that sally is telling the story.

Explanation:

The passage is written from a limited - third - person point of view following Sally. The reader only knows what Sally knows, and the uncertainty of who the phone belongs to initially creates suspense. Option A correctly points out that the reader's lack of knowledge about the phone's owner at first builds suspense. Option B is incorrect as the reader doesn't know more than Sally. Option C doesn't create suspense in the way the question asks. Option D is not relevant to the suspense created by point of view.

Answer:

A. The reader does not know who the phone belongs to at first.