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Elements of Suspense

Authored by Ginger Rightmire

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 62+ times

Elements of Suspense
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A sense of growing tension, fear, and excitement felt by the reader.

Anxiety

Suspense

Dilemma

Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A story or plot-line that ends in suspense in order to interest the reader.

Cliffhanger

Mystery

Reversal

Suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The writer's use of clues - true or false - that may or may not hint or suggest the story's outcome is...

Mystery

Foreshadowing

Flashback

Red herring

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The type of irony where a situation is understood by the audience or readers but not grasped by the characters or actors.

Situational

Verbal

Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The feeling of anticipation that something dangerous is about to happen.

narration

setting

suspense

mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an author gives a hint about something that will happen later...

mood

foreshadowing

suspense

narration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The SETTING for this photo is....

a country meadow during the springtime

a futuristic city

an old graveyard on Halloween

someone's backyard at Christmas time

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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