Narrative Writing and Horror/Suspense

What does the Middle of a story contain?

• Introduction to characters and setting

• Rising action and the conflict

• Resolution of the story

Romance, Thriller, Comedy and Horror are the fiction G _ _ _ _ _ in literature.

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Choose the correct option from below which lists all the elements of a story graph in the right sequence:

• Beginning, Resolution and End

• Exposition, Middle, Climax and End

• Exposition, Rising Action, Conflict, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution

• Exposition, Introduction, Rising Action, Build Up, Resolution, Climax, Solution, End

What can help to bring shift in speed in a horror/suspense story?

• Varied sentence length

• Imagery

• Adverbs

• Full stops

Which punctuation can be used in a suspense story to show a long pause or continuation?

• Exclamation Mark !

• Brackets ()

• Ellipsis ...

• Dash -

It was darker than usual as Meera walked past her school. She had lived in the village for twelve years now, and she could find her way around even with shut eyes. Little did she know that this day was going to be different...

What part of the story graph will you map the above passage on?

• Resolution

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Exposition