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Tension and Pacing

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

Tension and Pacing
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Select two lines from Passage 1 that show how the author builds SUSPENSE

“It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing.” (paragraph 2)

“There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully.” (paragraph 9)

“She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been.” (paragraph 10).

“When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips.” (paragraph 10)

“There would be no one to live for during those coming years…” (paragraph 12)

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What technique for manipulating time does the author employ and what effect does it create?

Pacing;Tension and Surprise

Pacing; Surprise

Foreshadowing; Tension

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the device used in the passage to manipulate time and it's given effect.

Pacing;Tension

Foreshadowing; Mystery

Foreshadowing; Tension

Pacing; Surprise

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The author begins the last chunk of text with "Some one was opening the front door with a latchkey." What structural technique and effect is created as a result of this sentence?

Order of Events; Surprise

Order of Events; Mystery and Tension

Pacing; Mystery and Tension

Pacing; Mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How can suspense be created through pacing?

By randomly selecting events.

By controlling the speed and timing of events.

By speeding up the events.

By slowing down the events.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the rising action and climax of a short story, you notice that the sentences are shorter and include more punctuation. While reading, you feel like the story is moving faster. Which narrative technique is the author using?

Dialogue

Flashback

Foreshadowing

Pacing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Select two! The author's structural technique of beginning the story about the husband's death creates what effects?

Mystery

Tension

Surprise

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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