Eragon Chapter 4, Firstly, the author uses internal conflict to create tension in the passage. Eragon grasped his knife when he woke up

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Firstly, the author uses internal conflict to create tension in the passage. Eragon “grasped his knife” when he woke up and he “yanked the knife from its sheath” when he heard a squeak. The author uses internal conflict to show that Eragon was very nervous about the unusual sound and therefore grasped the small knife for protection. The author was successful as Eragon’s nervousness makes the readers feel anxious for Eragon as the description implies that danger is about to strike and they didn’t know what to expect.

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To create suspense in the passage, the author used foreshadowing. After Eragon checked that the stone was hollow, he thought he heard “a faint squeak”. The term ‘squeak’ used by the author suggests to the reader that there is something alive in the ‘stone’. He also used the phrase ‘hollow; could be something of value inside’ to show that there is high possibility that there is something alive yet precious in the stone. Therefore, the author used foreshadowing to hint to the readers that there is probably something alive in the stone, which not much later in the story it ...

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