Narrative Writing and Horror/Suspense

The events in narrative writing may be:

• Real, Based on Imagination or Both

• Only Real

• Only Based on imagination

• None of the above

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

Romance, Thriller, Comedy and Horror are the fiction G _ _ _ _ _ in literature.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What does the Middle of a story contain?

• Introduction to characters and setting

• Rising action and the conflict

• Resolution of the story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Choose the correct option from below which lists all the elements of a story graph in the right sequence:

• Beginning, Resolution and End

• Exposition, Middle, Climax and End

• Exposition, Rising Action, Conflict, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution

• Exposition, Introduction, Rising Action, Build Up, Resolution, Climax, Solution, End

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

It was darker than usual as Meera walked past her school. She had lived in the village for twelve years now, and she could find her way around even with shut eyes. Little did she know that this day was going to be different...

What part of the story graph will you map the above passage on?

• Resolution

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Exposition

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following are features of a horror/suspense story?

• Illustrations and taglines

• Dark and dull settings

• Unexpected noise, onomatopoeia

• Fantasy characters

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What can help to bring shift in speed in a horror/suspense story?

• Varied sentence length

• Imagery

• Adverbs

• Full stops

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which punctuation can be used in a suspense story to show a long pause or continuation?

• Exclamation Mark !

• Brackets ()

• Ellipsis ...

• Dash -

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The school had been standing tall in the village for more than five years; it had no teachers, no students. The school was abandoned. When one was closer to the school building all you could get was a strong, depressing stench of overgrown moss and dead pests from inside.

Which of the following features of horror/suspense has been used in the above paragraph?

• Shift in speed

• Strong verbs

• Delay in the next action

• Decay and smell

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Select all the words which mean: shocked

• lunged

• ogled

• astonished

• stunned

• astounded

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1