Elements of Suspense & Plot

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.8.6

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

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

• FORESHADOWING
• DILEMMA
• MOOD
• SUSPENSE

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

• DILEMMA
• MOOD TONE
• TONE
• VERBAL IRONY

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.6

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

• Plot

• Climax

• Suspense

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.W.8.3A

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

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

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• resolution

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

• exposition
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

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

• climax
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

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

• climax
• exposition
• falling action
• resolution