Suspense & Irony Terms

This strategy for creating suspense is when an author hints at what might happen next.

• Sentence Length

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

• Characterization

This strategy for creating suspense is when an author uses words and phrases that appeal to our senses.

• Sentence Length

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

• Characterization

This strategy for creating suspense is when an author uses short and long sentences to create pausing.

• Sentence Length

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

• Characterization

This strategy for creating suspense is when an author shows a character's mood change in response to the story.

• Sentence Length

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

• Characterization

This type of irony is when something unexpected happens

• Verbal

• Situational

• Dramatic

This type of irony is when you say something you don't mean.

• Verbal

• Situational

• Dramatic

This type of irony is when the audience knows something, but the characters do not.

• Verbal

• Situational

• Dramatic

Which example below from "Click Clack the Rattle Bag" shows the strategy of foreshadowing? 

• "The boy looked up at me from the shadows by the door where he was waiting."

• “I can’t believe you kids make up stuff like that.”

• “But you do write scary stories?”

Which example below from "Click Clack the Rattle Bag" shows the strategy of Characterization? 

• "You just let your brain fill in the gaps."

• "The boy's tread was certain, though, even though the moonlight was scarce."

• "Maybe you could tell me about this evening. Tell me what you did?"

Someone states during a rainstorm "It's such a beautiful day!" 

• Verbal

• Situational

• Dramatic