2a) “There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife” This explains what the paragraph is going to about as it is talking about the knife. This is called framing because its introducing a detailed description of the knife. ” The knife had done almost everything it was brought to do, and both the blade and the handle were wet.” This is framing the rest of the paragraph because it’s is talking about how the knife had been brought to kill.”The street door was still open.” This shows that the paragraph is going to talk about how the man had got in the house.”The man Jack paused on the landing” This shows that the paragraph is going to be based about what had made the man stop.”The hunt was almost over” This quotation shows what the paragraph is going to be based about by showing the ending bit of the murders in the house.