Suspense Vocabulary

Definition of setting in a book

Ex: "The roar of the crowd, the smell of fresh cut grass, the squeak of the cleats sliding on the damp grass. Sounds like a soccer game."

• When the book was pulished

• Where the author of the book wrote the book

• Where and when the story takes place. Ex: time, day, weather, and location.

• The location of the reader who is reading the book

What is Point of View?

Ex: "I would love to have lunch with you, but I can't because I have to go to my cousins house."

• Perspective from which the story is told, consists of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person.

• The narrator

• The opinion of the author

• The pronouns in a book

Example: The crowd sits on the edge of their seats in anticipation. Waiting for the big jump scare. They are all anxious and full of uncertainty of what might happen.

• Situational Irony; the opposite of what's expected happens

• Suspense; a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen

• Inference; a conclusion based on evidence

• Point of View; what perspective from which the story is told

Definition: Seeks to elicit a negative reaction from readers by playing on the audience's fears and anxieties.

Ex: "This book is in the Mystery or Horror Genre, it's pretty suspenseful."

• Dramatic Irony

• Mystery/Horror Genre

• Setting

• Suspense

Example: "I'm a lucky fellow." Billy says, but later learns that he isn't so lucky, because the landlady has poisoned him.

What is this?

• Situational irony; the opposite of what is expected occurs

• Dramatic Irony; the reader knows something the character doesn't

• Inference; a conclusion reached based on evidence

• Verbal Irony; the character says something but means the opposite

Definition of Inference

Ex: "Julia inferred that Andrea and Rico had already left the school, given that their backpacks and school books were gone."

• A conclusion reached based on evidence

• Main character

• Where and when the story takes place

• Direct quote from the text that gives validity

Definition: direct quote from the text that gives validity (support) to your claim

Ex: The text states, "I'm a lucky fellow."

• Dramatic Irony

• Evidence

• Protagonist

• Inference

Definition? Situational Irony

Ex: A fire station burns down.

• reader knows something the main character doesn't

• The character says something but means the opposite

• The opposite of what's expected occurs

• the main character

Definition? Dramatic Irony

Ex: If you're watching a movie about the Titanic and a character leaning on the balcony right before the ship hits the iceberg says, "It's so beautiful I could just die,".

• the character says something but means the opposite

• direct quote from the text that gives support to your claim

• the main character

• The reader knows something the main character doesn't

Definition: the main character

Ex: "Susy is the main character of this story because the story is centered around her."

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Suspense

• Inference