Quietly, without a sound, we crept down the

stairs into the basement below our house. It

was pitch black. We could hear each

individual sound coming from the furnace. It

was the squeaky noise that we didn't

recognize. Chills ran down our spines.

Which words or phrases should be deleted to

eliminate redundancy? Check each.

"Without a sound"

"individual"

"below our house"

"squeaky"

"pitch"

The words or phrases that should be deleted to eliminate redundancy are "Without a sound", "individual" and "below our house"

Explanation:

"Quietly", and "without a sound" create redundancy since the two expressions are referring to the lack of sound, the second example "down the stairs" "the basement" and "below our house" talk about the same location, besides basements are always under the houses. In the last example "each" and "individual" sound talks about the same unique sound or it separately sees a group of sounds.