The Hobbit
Chapter 10, A Warm Welcome
In the opening paragraph of Chapter 10, the writer creates tension. How does he do this?
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The changing setting is used to create tension, as the author notes the transformation and danger of the landscape.
Under its rocky feet like an inland cliff the deepest stream had flowed lapping and bubbling. Suddenly the cliff fell away. The shores sank. The trees ended.
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The Hobbit, Chapter 10
