Suspense . Character Perspective & P.O.V.

What is suspense?

• A technique an author uses to show small clues throughout the reading.

• Something that can be classed as being suspicious.

• A literary device authors use to keep their readers' interest alive throughout their work.

• When an author creates a sense of humor

Choose the techniques that an author can use to create suspense.​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• Foreshadowing
• Cliffhangers
• Conflict
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Imagery
• Hyperbole

Foreshadowing is a technique where an author gives the reader ​ (a)   of what's to come ​ (b)   on

• hints
• later
• ideas
• clues
• things
• answers
• before
• during

This technique leaves a reader wondering as to what happens next. Which technique is it?

• Foreshadowing

• Conflict

• Repetition

• Cliffhanger

Match the technique to the correct definition.

• A literary technique leaves the reader wondering.

• Suspense

• The person that writes the novel.

• Foreshadowing

• A literary device used by authors.

• Author

• A technique that shows the character facing a difficult task.

• Cliffhanger

• A literary technique that gives hints.

• Conflict

What is perspective?

• This can be 1st person, 2nd person or 3rd person

• The vantage point from which the story is being told.

• The way somebody sees something.

• A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something.

P.O.V is the ​ (a)   ​ (b)   from which the story is being told.

• vantage
• point
• place
• view
• area
• stand point

Perspective is affected by the .................................... experiences, understanding of the world.

When told in 3rd person, the narrator of a story ​ (a)  

• knows all the information
• is the one speaking
• is the main character

Match the figurative language to its definition.

• An over exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Compares two things using the words like or as

• Metaphor

• Creates a vivid image in the mind of the reader

• Simile

• Gives human characteristics to non-human things

• Imagery

• Likens to unlike things

• Personification