How Author Creates Suspense

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

• theme
• plot
• suspense
• climax

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Writer's create suspense by raising questions. 

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• False

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Is this situation suspenseful? 
Cautiously, Darrell stepped farther out onto the ice-covered pond. 

• yes
• no

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Is this situations suspenseful? 
Gwen smiled to see the puppy cuddled side by side with her older dog, Quincy. 

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• no

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Suspense makes you want to read what happens next. 

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The two boys crawled on their hands and knees through the narrow cave opening. Jeb was in front with the light, and Caleb followed him. Suddenly, Caleb felt his shoe catch on a rock. He tugged at it, but his foot was wedged tight.
Caleb watched the light fade as Jeb moved ahead. Calling out would do no good; Jeb wouldn't be able to turn around until he reached the cavern. In the dark, Caleb struggled to free himself. His shoe popped off, and he wiggled forward as fast as he could.
The point of greatest suspense is when---

• Jeb is in front with the light
• Caleb's foot is wedged tight
• Jeb reaches the cavern
• Caleb's shoe pops off

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Foreshadowing is...

• the main problem in the story
• the use of clues to hint at a future event
• the most exciting part of a story
• the characters in the story

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Read each passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage.
Luis shouted, "Mr. Sims, don't open that door! Who knows what could be behind it?"

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Read each passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage.
"Gee, as crowded as the park is, we're the only ones going into the funhouse," Gina said. "How strange."

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Read each passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage.
"There's nothing like roaming a field on a crisp, fall day," Beverly thought to herself.

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• no

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