Question

select the correct text in the passage.

which detail identifies the point where the tension eases in this excerpt?

4 they looked among the folds of her skirt, of her cloak, in her pockets, everywhere, but did not find it...
5 her husband returned about seven oclock. he had found nothing.
6 he went to police headquarters, to the newspaper offices to offer a reward; he went to the cab companies-everywhere, in fact, whither he was urged by the least spark of hope.
7 she waited all day, in the same condition of mad fear before this terrible calamity.
8 loisel returned at night with a hollow, pale face. he had discovered nothing....
9 at the end of a week they had lost all hope. loisel, who had aged five years, declared:
10 \we must consider how to replace that ornament.\

Explanation:

Analyze the narrative tension in paragraphs [4] to [9]

Using the Narrative Tension and Pacing in Literature knowledge points

• Paragraphs [4] through [9] depict a frantic, desperate search for the lost necklace.
• The characters experience "mad fear" and "lost all hope," which represents the peak of the narrative's anxiety and suspense.

Identify the shift in paragraph [10]

Using the Textual Analysis knowledge point

• In paragraph [10], Loisel declares: "We must consider how to replace that ornament."
• This shift from frantic searching to practical problem-solving marks the point where the active tension of the search eases and transitions into a structured plan of action.

Answer:

• [4] They looked among the folds of her skirt, of her cloak, in her pockets, everywhere, but did not find it ...
• [5] Her husband returned about seven o'clock. He had found nothing.
• [6] He went to police headquarters, to the newspaper offices to offer a reward; he went to the cab companies—everywhere, in fact, whither he was urged by the least spark of hope.
• [7] She waited all day, in the same condition of mad fear before this terrible calamity.
• [8] Loisel returned at night with a hollow, pale face. He had discovered nothing. ...
• [9] At the end of a week they had lost all hope. Loisel, who had aged five years, declared:
• [10] "We must consider how to replace that ornament." (Correct answer)