WorksheetsSuspense and Literary Techniques
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Why is suspense important in a story?
Suspense is important important to writing because...
it is only in the beginning of the story.
it tells the reader where the setting is.
it draws the reader into the story.
it answers all the questions the reader has.
________ is when the writer gives clues or hints about what will happen later in the story.
Delaying the Answer
Foreshadowing
Slow Down Method
Dramatic Irony
___________ is when the author gives the reader information so that he or she knows that something important is going to happen, but the character(s) is not aware of the upcoming situation or upcoming danger.
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Mood
Imagery
Darkness is an example of which suspense technique?
conflict
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
setting
When a story has good ______________ it helps the reader picture the story in their mind and this can make it much scarier.
surprise ending
mood
imagery
alliteration
__________ helps the reader hear the scary sounds of the story in their minds.
Slow Down Method
Alliteration
Mood
Onomatopoeia
When the narrator of the story cannot be trusted they are called a(n) __________ .
First person narrator
Second person narrator
Unbelievable narrator
Unreliable narrator
The purpose of suspense is to keep the reader interested in the story.
True
False
Advancing or developing something at a particular rate or tempo is looming.
Developing False Moments of Relief
Sound Imagery
Creating Questions/Ambiguity
Pacing
In the Elevator, "Light from the single fluorescent ceiling
strip, bleak and dim on the dirty brown walls" is an example of __________
Imagery/ Descriptive Language
Developing False Moments of Relief
Narration Bias
Sound Imagery
A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen is:
Conflict
Dramatic Irony
Suspense
Alliteration
When a reader is aware of something that a character isn't is:
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Irony
Slow Down Method
Suspenseful Title
The perspective from which the story is told.
Point of View
Plot
Falling Action
Situational Irony
The feeling the author wants the reader to have while reading.
Conflict
Mood
Rising Action
Falling Action
The pattern of events or main story in a narrative or drama, normally including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Plot
Verbal Irony
Scene Omission
Setting
Authors only use suspense at the beginning and end of the story.
True
False
Stories full of suspense are always scary.
True
False
A feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen is...
Conflict
Suspense
Characterization
Foreshadowing
What is the technique called where the author describes something in a way that builds suspense? For example: "She dropped the blood-red flowers."
Foreshadowing
Pacing
Imagery
Irony
When an author gives a hint about something that will happen later...
mood
foreshadowing
suspense
narration
Dialogue between characters can do the following...
reveals aspects of the characters
move the plot forward
create or reveal tension between the characters
all of the above
The slowing down or repetition of actions in a story
unanswered questions
pacing
flashback
situational irony
What is imagery?
Description that paints a picture in the reader's mind and relates to the five senses
Expecting one thing to happen and something else happens instead
Comparing two seemingly unlike things
The relationship of the narrator to the story
What is mood in literature?
The main character's feelings
The overall feeling or atmosphere created in a work
The plot of the story
The dialogue between characters
What is Pacing in a story?
The turning point of the story
A stylistic device that shows how fast a story unfolds
Humor that makes fun of a life-threatening situation
A type of short form work
The conflict comes to a close- loose ends are tied up
resolution
foreshadowing
flashback
setting
The time and place in which the events occur includes location, season, time of day, historical moment (past, present, or future)
setting
theme
point-of-view
first-person
The message the writer wishes to convey to the reader
theme
point-of-view
first-person
3rd person omniscient
Uses the pronouns I, me, my, and we
1st person
3rd person omniscient
3rd person limited
2nd person
The narrator addresses the audience using “you”
2nd person
3rd person omniscient
1st person
3rd person limited
The narrator tells the story but does not have access to all of the characters thoughts and actions
3rd person limited
2nd person
dialogue
point-of-view
Conversation between characters
dialogue
theme
setting
flashback
The central or main character in the story
protagonist
antagonist
1st person
3rd person omniscient
All the techniques writers use to create characters
characterization
conflict
plot
exposition
What is it called when the opposite happens from what one would expect to happen?
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Pacing
Situational Irony
When a story is told from limited perspective, it means...
it's told from the perspective of an outside narrator, so the reader knows more than all of the characters do.
it's told from the perspective of one of the characters, so the character and audience know the same information.
it's told from the perspectives of multiple characters in the story.
there is no main character or narrator in the story.
What is it called when the story cuts off right before something crucial (important) is revealed?
cliffhanger
resolution
climax
rising action
Adding long passages filled with description, usually tends to _________ the pace of a story.
stop
speed up
slow down
have no impact
Oftentimes, suspenseful stories are set in large spaces in the dark because...
doing so often suggests that disturbing things are being concealed (hidden).
doing so limits the characters' visibility.
doing so restricts the characters' movements.
All of the above.
