How to Make Your Writing More Suspenseful Ted Ed Video

What is considered the oldest and strongest kind of fear, according to H.P. Lovecraft?

• Fear of monsters

• Fear of blood

• Fear of the unknown

• Fear of darkness

How can limiting the point of view in a story build suspense?

• By providing an omniscient narrator who knows everything

• By telling the story from the perspective of characters who learn alongside the audience

• By revealing all secrets upfront

• By focusing only on the villain's thoughts

Which of the following elements can be used to create suspense through setting and imagery?

• Bright, open spaces

• Clear, sunny days

• Nighttime fog and storms

• Familiar, comforting objects

What is the literary technique where the audience knows key information that the characters do not, building suspense around when and how the characters will learn the truth?

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Dramatic irony

• Metaphor