"How to Create Suspense" Literature Test

What is suspense?

• Suspense is the feeling of excitement or nervousness people feel when they do not know what is going to happen.

• Suspense is when the reader knows everything in a story.

• Suspense is the feeling of boredom when reading a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.4A

What does the author need to tell the reader in order to create suspense?

• The author needs to provide only part of the story, only one side.

• The author needs to provide the whole story, not only one side.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What must the main character need to be willing to do for suspense to happen?

• The main character should rely on the other characters in the story to risk anything.

• The main character must not do anything and must not risk anything.

• The main character must be willing to do anything, or risk everything, to stop a terrible thing from happening.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why do readers of Alone in the Dark want to tell Becca not to open the door?

• Readers of Alone in the Dark want to tell Becca not to open the door because they know a stranger is outside.

• Readers of Alone in the Dark want to tell Becca not to open the door because they know a child is outside.

• Readers of Alone in the Dark want to tell Becca not to open the door because they know a puppy is outside.

• Readers of Alone in the Dark want to tell Becca not to open the door because they know a package is outside.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What three elements of suspense does Alone in the Dark have?

• Alone in the Dark has a likeable main character and high stakes.

• Alone in the Dark has a time limit, an unlikeable main character, and high stakes.

• Alone in the Dark has a time limit, a likeable main character, and high stakes.

• Alone in the Dark has a time limit, a likeable main character, and low stakes.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4