Question

What effect can changing the order of events in a story have?

A. Changing the order of events can make the story more believable.
B. Changing the order of events can create a more believable conflict.
C. Changing the order of events can add characters to the story.
D. Changing the order of events can build tension and suspense.

Answer 1

D. Changing the order of events can build tension and suspense.

When a story is presented chronologically, the story is presented in the sequence of events in which it would have occurred. Thus, events will be understood to logically follow one another as things unfold—the order is logical and surprises are rare. However, when you change the order of events, it becomes harder to anticipate things because the logic of sequence is removed; thus, tension can build as will suspense as what happens next can more easily be a surprise.

Answer 2

Technically all of them could be true but I would say that D works best