How Author Creates Suspense

How Author Creates Suspense

7th - 8th Grade

16 Qs

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How Author Creates Suspense

How Author Creates Suspense

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Margaret Anderson

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Foreshadowing is ___________
When an image, object, or person is used to represent a deeper emotion
The way you, the reader, feels at the end of a story.
Hints/clues that the author gives about events to come
The  author's/character's attitude towards his/her subject, setting, or character(s)

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The state of tension and uncertainty caused by an uncertain, undecided or mysterious situation that creates an emotional pull to encourage the audience to keep reading or watching
MOOD
MYSTERY
SUSPENSE
TONE

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Plot device often used to create suspense in which the end is curiously abrupt so that the main characters are left in a difficult situation without offering any resolution of conflict.
CLIFFHANGER
DILEMMA
MYSTERY
SITUATIONAL IRONY

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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

Conflict

Dramatic Irony

Suspense

Alliteration

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The ending of a strory that leaves the reader in suspense is:

cliffhanger

flashback

mood

climax

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a character goes back to an earlier time:

suspense

climaz

flashback

mood

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The author gives hints or clues about future events in the story:

foreshadowing

cliffhanger

suspense

mood

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