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Tone or Mood? Expresses the writer’s attitude toward his or her subject.

Tone

Tone or Mood? A feeling that a literary work conveys to readers.

Mood.

Struggle between character and outside force.

External Conflict

Main character, may be a hero or heroine, with whom the audience tends to root for.

Protagonist

Force or character working against the main character

Antagonist

In literary suspense, a "red-herring" is used to ...

mislead the reader with a false clue

Provide 2 examples of a suspenseful setting in "The Monkey's Paw."

Teacher Choice

Name 2 ways a movie develops suspense that a book cannot.

Teacher Decides

This is when the story or character refers back to an earlier time.

Flashback

This is the speed at which the story is told. Conflict, cliff hangers, and word choice can influence this.

Pacing

This suspense technique is when the author doesn't provide closure and leaves you hanging, or waiting for more.

Cliff Hanger

Name 2 elements of suspense in the passage: "She had no other way out. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes and jumped ..."

Teacher Decides

Name 2 elements of suspense in the passage: "It was a dark & stormy night when a fierce wind blew the candle out."

Teacher Decides

Symbol, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia are all examples of what?

Figurative Language

What is it called when the outcome of a story is different from what was expected?

Situational Irony

What is it called when the audience knows more than the characters?

Dramatic Irony

What type of conflict occurs when a character is going against himself?

Internal Conflict

In suspense stories, the ellipsis (...) is used to indicate what?

A character pausing, lost in thought, hesitating

What is it when language appeals to the 5 senses?

Imagery

This is when the author gives you clues about something important that will happen later in the story.

Foreshadowing