"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.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.W.8.3B

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.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.W.8.9A

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.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.6