Suspense Unit Terms

The state of tension and uncertainty caused by an uncertain, undecided or mysterious situation that creates an emotional pull to encourage the audience to keep reading or watching

• MOOD
• MYSTERY
• SUSPENSE
• TONE

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.6

A contrast between what is expected and reality

• IRONY
• MOOD
• SUSPENSE
• TONE

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The overall feeling in a story

• IRONY
• MYSTERY
• MOOD
• TONE

Information that is withheld from the reader

• IRONY
• MYSTERY
• MOOD
• SUSPENSE

When a writer provides clues that hint at the story’s outcome

• FORESHADOWING
• DILEMMA
• MOOD
• SUSPENSE

The sudden change in a character’s situation from good to bad, or bad to good

• FORESHADOWING
• DILEMMA
• IRONY
• REVERSAL

Through a character’s flaw, mystery and suspense can be created. An example of a character flaw is being

• HEROIC
• PERSISTENT
• TRUTHFUL
• UNRELIABLE

When a character has to choose between two situations or courses of action, which have potentially different outcomes and consequences, the character is facing what?

• DILEMMA
• INTERNAL CONFLICT
• SITUATIONAL IRONY
• SUSPENSE

The pacing is a stylistic device that provides how fast the story unfolds or is told.  To slow a story down, an author might use all of the following except

• ACTION
• CLIFFHANGER
• DETAILS
• DIALOGUE

When a character or person says one thing but really intends the meaning to be in contrast to its usual or literal meaning

• DRAMATIC IRONY
• SITUATIONAL IRONY
• VERBAL IRONY