Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 98 views

    Mystery and Suspence

    Uploaded by

    maya.a.shaker.1
    This document discusses suspense in stories and how authors build suspense. It identifies some key feelings suspense can elicit in readers such as fear, worry, excitement. It then analyzes features that help create suspense such as metaphors, ellipsis, short sentences, and appealing to the senses. The document encourages analyzing examples of suspenseful writing using these features and practicing incorporating them into your own suspenseful paragraphs and stories.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Mystery and Suspence

    Uploaded by

    maya.a.shaker.1
    98 views10 pages
    This document discusses suspense in stories and how authors build suspense. It identifies some key feelings suspense can elicit in readers such as fear, worry, excitement. It then analyzes features that help create suspense such as metaphors, ellipsis, short sentences, and appealing to the senses. The document encourages analyzing examples of suspenseful writing using these features and practicing incorporating them into your own suspenseful paragraphs and stories.

    Original Title

    mystery and suspence

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document discusses suspense in stories and how authors build suspense. It identifies some key feelings suspense can elicit in readers such as fear, worry, excitement. It then analyzes features that help create suspense such as metaphors, ellipsis, short sentences, and appealing to the senses. The document encourages analyzing examples of suspenseful writing using these features and practicing incorporating them into your own suspenseful paragraphs and stories.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    98 views10 pages

    Mystery and Suspence

    Uploaded by

    maya.a.shaker.1
    This document discusses suspense in stories and how authors build suspense. It identifies some key feelings suspense can elicit in readers such as fear, worry, excitement. It then analyzes features that help create suspense such as metaphors, ellipsis, short sentences, and appealing to the senses. The document encourages analyzing examples of suspenseful writing using these features and practicing incorporating them into your own suspenseful paragraphs and stories.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 10

    What Is Suspense?

    next

    Authors attempt to build suspense in


    stories to try to have a particular effect
    on their readers. What feelings does suspense
    give a reader? Talk about
    this with a partner.

    When reading stories that


    include suspense and
    mystery, readers can feel: Discuss it

    • scared or frightened;
    • worried or anxious; Compare it
    • excited or thrilled;
    • goosebumps or shivers;
    • concerned as to what
    might happen next;
    • keen to read on!
    back
    How to Create Suspense next

    Here is a short piece of suspense writing. Read


    through it and think about what makes you Identify three features
    feel suspenseful and tense whilst reading it. which give this piece of
    text suspense and
    She arrived at the door and mystery.
    everything went cold. Her skin
    tightened. Her eyes were wide.
    Her palms were sweaty. Above
    her head, the trees stood Think about it
    like dark giants of impending
    doom looming over her with
    many reaching arms. Compare it Some of the features are:
    A loud rustling broke the
    silence and a smell like damp • simile and metaphor;
    wood filled her nostrils. She • the use of ellipsis;
    lifted her hand to knock on the • short, snappy sentences;
    door, but before she could • using sentences that
    touch it, it creaked open. appeal to the senses.
    back
    How Do the Features next

    Help Build Suspense


    Think about each of the features and why they help create suspense, mystery and
    tension. Then, compare your thoughts.
    Similes and metaphors add further description,
    • simile and metaphor Compare
    which it reader to paint a detailed picture
    helps the
    in their mind.
    Ellipsis shows a long pause, which can be used as
    a cliffhanger so the reader wonders ‘what happens
    next?’ It also shows pauses in the middle of action
    • use of ellipsis Compare
    to it of hesitation about the outcome.
    create a sense
    If you were writing about a TV talent show result,
    you would use … a lot!

    Short sentences are read quickly, one after the


    other so that the pace of the story quickens. It
    • short, snappy sentences Compare
    almost makesitthe reader feel like they are
    panicking or breathing more quickly.

    Using the senses gives a more detailed point of


    • using sentences that
    Compare
    view it
    of a situation. It brings the reader into the
    appeal to the senses story by feeding their imagination.
    back
    How Do the next

    Professionals Do It?
    Professional writers create suspense in much the same way as we have discussed.

    Click on the link below to see an interview with author, Malorie Blackman, about
    how she creates suspense in her mystery stories.

    Watch it
    back Use Your Senses next

    Look at this picture and think about all of your five senses as well as what you
    would be thinking. Make notes for each.

    Sense it
    back Metaphors and Similes next

    Look at this picture again and write down some metaphor and simile ideas.
    back Putting It Together next

    Now, using your sense notes and your list of metaphors and similes, write a
    paragraph full of suspense and tension. Try to include all of the four main features
    of suspense texts.

    Main Features:

    • simile and metaphor;


    • use of ellipsis;
    • short, snappy sentences;
    • using sentences that appeal to the senses.

    Remember it Hide it
    back Now Try These next

    • Have a go at: Suspense Activity Sheets.

    • Turn your paragraph into a short story.

    • Make an audio or visual recording of your story and


    add in spooky music/sound effects.

    • Draw your own spooky picture to help you to create a


    new paragraph or short story.

    • Read some suspense and mystery stories to gather


    more techniques.

    You might also like

    pFad - Phonifier reborn

    Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

    Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


    Alternative Proxies:

    Alternative Proxy

    pFad Proxy

    pFad v3 Proxy

    pFad v4 Proxy