Suspense In Nuttel's Story

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He created suspense by his choice of words what I mean by that is he used different words then what other people would use. He foreshadowed when vera was talking to Mr.Nuttel saying that she waits for the boys and husband to get home so they could be done with hunting
And then when the Aunt comes out she starts talking about it. Another example of Foreshadowing is when at the beginning when they talk about how Mr.Nuttel has bad nerves and his sister said he needs to meet new people in order to make the nerves work right so what Vera does is make up a story about the kids and the Husband to get his nerves moving. Also he used setting make suspense happen like he was talking about how they must've died in a pit because of the area they

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