Suspense Elements

An element of fiction that makes a reader uncertain.

• Weirdness

• Indecision

• Suspense

• Anxiety

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Example: "Like a large black eye staring at him."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is NOT an element of pacing?

• Action

• Cliffhangers

• Dialogue

• Characterization

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

How can active and passive voice be used with suspense writing?

• By changing the speed or pacing of the story.

• By providing a variety of sentences.

• By exhibiting the author's writing skills.

• By changing the perspective of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When you get the opposite of what you expect.

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Obvious Irony

• Predetermined Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When the reader knows something that the characters in the story do not.

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Reader's Irony

• Predetermined Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Hints at events later to come in the story.

• Predictions

• Indecision

• Foregoing

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Example: "Rumbled" & "Hissed"

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How can a writer increase the pacing of a story?

• Including back-and-forth dialogue.

• Using a monologue to characterize.

• Providing a detailed exposition.

• All of the above.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the story ends suddenly.

• Dramatic Conclusion

• Indecisive Conclusion

• Increased Anticipation

• Cliffhanger

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5