Roald Dahl uses suspense throughout his writing techniques, so the reader will feel anxiety about what will happen next in the story. The story begins with Billy Weaver in a cold, windy setting that determines his dreadful fate. Billy is looking for a place to lodge for the night and approaches a welcoming and comfortable bed and breakfast. He meets the landlady and starts to learn strange and odd details place through the author's various writing techniques. Roald Dahl, the author of the horror short story, "The Landlady," effectively builds suspense for the reader throughout the selection by the use of various writing techniques such as foreshadowing and imagery.
One of the writing techniques the author uses to build suspense throughout