Elements of Suspense & Plot

Quiz

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English

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8th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.2.10

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Jenna Ervin

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are three main foundations, or building blocks, for good suspense?

Plot, Setting, Characters

Scary, Creepy, Weird

Fear, Eerie, Tension

Edgar Allan Poe, Hitchcock, Rod Sterling, Stephen King

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

FORESHADOWING

DILEMMA

MOOD

SUSPENSE

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The attitude a writer takes towards their subject matter--characters, events, and audience.

DILEMMA

MOOD TONE

TONE

VERBAL IRONY

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The sequence of events. The “what” of events that happen in the story.

Plot

Climax

Suspense

Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Plot is

Events that make up a story

The exploding part of story/ turning point of story

setting and characters

the solution to the problem

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

exposition

rising action

climax

resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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