Select two lines from Passage 1 that show how the author builds SUSPENSE
Tension and Pacing

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English
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10th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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1.
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“It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing.” (paragraph 2)
“There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully.” (paragraph 9)
“She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been.” (paragraph 10).
“When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips.” (paragraph 10)
“There would be no one to live for during those coming years…” (paragraph 12)
2.
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What technique for manipulating time does the author employ and what effect does it create?
Pacing;Tension and Surprise
Pacing; Surprise
Foreshadowing; Tension
3.
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1 min • 1 pt
Identify the device used in the passage to manipulate time and it's given effect.
Pacing;Tension
Foreshadowing; Mystery
Foreshadowing; Tension
Pacing; Surprise
4.
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1 min • 1 pt
The author begins the last chunk of text with "Some one was opening the front door with a latchkey." What structural technique and effect is created as a result of this sentence?
Order of Events; Surprise
Order of Events; Mystery and Tension
Pacing; Mystery and Tension
Pacing; Mystery
5.
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How can suspense be created through pacing?
By randomly selecting events.
By controlling the speed and timing of events.
By speeding up the events.
By slowing down the events.
6.
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1 min • 1 pt
In the rising action and climax of a short story, you notice that the sentences are shorter and include more punctuation. While reading, you feel like the story is moving faster. Which narrative technique is the author using?
Dialogue
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Pacing
7.
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Select two! The author's structural technique of beginning the story about the husband's death creates what effects?
Mystery
Tension
Surprise
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