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A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley; Act 1

Suspense is when the reader knows something bad is going to happen but is not sure what. Which is an example of how the author used suspense in Act One?
A) Two men came to ask Scrooge for a donation
B) Marley's face appeared in the knocker on the door
C) Scrooge was angry about giving his clerk Christmas day off
D) The narrator repeated that Marley was dead as a door-nail​


Sagot :

Answer:

B - Marley's face appears.

Explanation:

After learning that Marley was dead, the readers know something bad will happen related to him, because Scrooge is seeing his face on the knocker even though he has been dead for seven years.