Suspense Elements

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

• Anxiety

• Suspense

• Dilemma

• Foreshadowing

The ending of an installment of fiction that ends in suspense in order to interest the reader.

• Cliffhanger

• Mystery

• Reversal

• Suspense

What suspense element is in EVERY story?

• Mood

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Irony

The writer's use of clues - true or false - that may or may not hint or suggest the story's outcome is...

• Mystery

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Red herring

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

• Anxiety

• Suspense

• Dilemma

• Foreshadowing

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

is the sensation of tension or excitement that results from anticipating how a story will turn out or how a problem, challenge, or mystery will be solved.

The feeling of anticipation that something dangerous is about to happen.

• narration

• setting

• suspense

• mood

Which common element of suspense is referred to as an unknown (it, something, someone, etc.) and we don't know what "it" is?

• word referent

• foreshadowing

• plot twist

• cliffhanger

Which of these is the key to suspense?

• Making sure there are lots of creepy monsters

• Answering a question clearly and quickly so the audience doesn't have to wait

• Setting up a question that the audience wants the answer to, but keeping the audience interested as they find out

• Creating a setting that is scary and creating scary characters