Question

select the correct answer from the drop - down menu. how does the author build tension in the story? he shows the narrator having an internal debate about whether he should go to school admiring the village men who sat in the back of the classroom worrying about getting in trouble for being late to school again wondering if wachter the blacksmith was making fun of him

Explanation:

This question refers to the short story The Last Lesson by Alphonse Daudet. The narrator Franz is late to school and fears punishment from M. Hamel, but as he approaches, he notices unusual quiet and village elders in the classroom. His worry about getting in trouble for lateness creates immediate, rising tension as the reader anticipates his confrontation with the teacher, while the other options do not build narrative tension as directly.

Answer:

worrying about getting in trouble for being late to school again