Elements of Suspense Quiz

A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen is...

• Anxiety

• Suspense

• Dilemma

• Foreshadowing

A device in a narrative in which a scene that takes place in the past is inserted somewhere into the narrative.

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Mystery

• Cliffhanger

Information about characters or plot that is deliberately withheld from the reader to be revealed later is...

• Mystery

• Suspense

• Dramatic irony

• Foreshadowing

What is suspense?

• A technique an author uses to show small clues throughout the reading.

• Something that can be classed as being suspicious.

• A literary device authors use to keep their readers' interest alive throughout their work.

• When an author creates a sense of humor

Foreshadowing is a technique where an author gives the reader ​ (a)   of what's to come ​ (b)   on

• hints
• later
• ideas
• clues
• things
• answers
• before
• during

This technique leaves a reader wondering as to what happens next. Which technique is it?

• Foreshadowing

• Conflict

• Repetition

• Cliffhanger

Match the technique to the correct definition.

• A technique that shows the character facing a difficult task.

• Cliffhanger

• The person that writes the novel.

• Suspense

• A literary technique leaves the reader wondering.

• Conflict

• A literary device used by authors.

• Foreshadowing

• A literary technique that gives hints.

• Author

Suspense is...

• the sense of humor involved in a funny narrative.

• the sense of growing tension, fear, and excitement felt by the reader.

• the sense of wonder in a great novel.

• the sense of dread in a horror story.

When a story is suspenseful, the reader...

• will not want to finish the story.

• will hide in the closet while covered in a blanket.

• will become increasingly curious what will happen next.

• will check to see if there is a movie version of the story.

Describing a character's anxiety or fear is one example of a suspense ______________.