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suspense and foreshadowing

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As you watch a movie and you become more excited, this feeling is called...

a)

theme

b)

plot

c)

suspense

d)

resolution

2.

Suspense makes you want to read what happens next.

a)

true

b)

false

3.
Is this situation suspenseful? 
Cautiously, Darrell stepped farther out onto the ice-covered pond. 
a)
yes
b)
no
4.
Is this situations suspenseful? 
Gwen smiled to see the puppy cuddled side by side with her older dog, Quincy. 
a)
yes
b)
no
5.

Foreshadowing is...

a)

the main problem in the story

b)

the use of clues to hint at a future event

c)

the most exciting part of a story

d)

the characters in the story

6.

TRUE or FALSE: Foreshadowing hints about events in the future.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

This description foreshadows_____________________________


It was only 5:00 AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps, and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.

a)

A)That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.

b)

B)That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.

c)

C)They were about to eat breakfast.

d)

D)That Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake.

8.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother. Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day. "Don't stop along the way. Go straight to your Grandma's house and back. Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods! Now get along!"


The sentence that foreshadows dangerous action may happen is ______________________________

a)

Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods!

b)

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother.

c)

Now get along!

d)

Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day

9.

Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?

a)

When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.

b)

It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.

c)

After years of hard work, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.

d)

Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!

10.

This description foreshadows__________________________


The dark storm clouds rolled across the lake and Rebecca couldn’t help but shiver. The ominous feeling the black clouds gave her ,made her pull her wool coat closely around her. She started walking faster and faster, hoping that whatever was coming would pass quickly.

a)

A)It is going to be a sunny day.

b)

B)She wasnt afraid of the storm and she was going to take it head on.

c)

C)That Rebecca is really looking forward to the storm that is going to come in.

d)

D)There is going to be an intense rain storm that Rebecca is scared of.