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Suspense In Sue Grafton's Full Circle

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The Effect of Organizational Structure on Suspense in Sue Grafton’s “Full Circle” In the short story. “Full Circle,” Sue Grafton uses the organizational text structure of cause and effect to create suspense.One of the quotes in the story thats creats suspence is “Is she alive”(Grafton pg 609).How this relates to cause and effect is when the guy asks if she is alive then you think to yourself what happendes if she is dead, how will the book change with her not being in it any more. The second quote that I will be using from the short story. “Full Circle,” Sue Grafton that creates cause and effect to make suspence. The second quote that I will be using is “Did anyone see where the gunshot came from”(Grafton pg 612). How this relates to cause
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