Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai. [Manjiro] took one last glance behind them and noticed something strange. Dark streaks ran like ribbons through the water. Which best states the author's purpose for using the word "strange"? to develop Manjiro's character to create a feeling of suspense to describe the story's setting to quicken the pace of the story

to create a feelings of suspects

To create a feeling of suspense

Explanation:

The word "strange" in the text is meant to create a suspenseful atmosphere. This is because this word creates the feeling of tension, emotion and curiosity for something that is unknown and portrayed only as strange.

The author used this word to arouse curiosity in the reader, to share incomplete information about the context of the story, to provoke apprehension about the imminence of an important event or revelation, which was not clear how, where, what or when it will happen or will be revealed.