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Read paragraph 23.
(23) 'Of course some one might cut them down. The boy lowered his voice; it seemed shameful to mention the perpetration
of such a deed aloud. 'It would be terrible to hear them groan when the axe struck them. The young ones mightn't mind so
much; but it would be bad for the grandfather trees who've been here from the beginning. Hannah says one would still hear
them walling on stormy nights."
How does this paragraph add tension to the passage?

This excerpt adds tension by:

A.introducing Hannah's feelings toward the trees that were on the property and contrasting them with his own.
B. using the term "grandfather trees" to describe the older trees that have been on the property a long time.
C.emphasizing how painful it would be for the boy and the trees if the trees were cut down.
D. explaining how the old trees would take human qualities in reaction to being cut down.

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This paragraph add tension to the passage by explaining how the old trees would take human qualities in reaction to being cut down. Option D

What is tension?

The term tension in literature has to do with the feeling of anxiety that comes along with a piece of written text. Anxiety is deliberately created by the author as one of means of making the reader to be spellbound by the writing.

Now, if we examine the excerpt as we have it in the question, we can see that this paragraph add tension to the passage by explaining how the old trees would take human qualities in reaction to being cut down. Option D

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