Author’s create suspense by putting the characters in jeopardy , either they are overcoming an obstacle with another person or group or people, having a dispute with some “great god”, or even having internal struggle with themselves they are put in peril in some way. In the story “ The Tell Tale Heart”, by Edgar Allen Poe the author creates suspense by using repetition. The author repeats the same sentences or phrases in his writing for suspense. As Poe states, “But even yet I refrained and kept still.” and the states again “Yet for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still.” This shows how the author repeats his words, it shows the rerun of what he had already stated. However in the other story, “The Pedestrian”, by Ray Bradbury, this
