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Suspense - a sense of worry established by the author

Suspense - a sense of worry established by the author. Suspense – Two Elements. Time – . Suspense – Two Elements. Time – You will notice that the action slows down to focus more closely on what is going on. Suspense – Two Elements. Time –

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Suspense - a sense of worry established by the author

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  1. Suspense - a sense of worry established by the author

  2. Suspense – Two Elements • Time –

  3. Suspense – Two Elements • Time – • You will notice that the action slows down to focus more closely on what is going on.

  4. Suspense – Two Elements • Time – • You will notice that the action slows down to focus more closely on what is going on. • Six senses –

  5. Suspense – Two Elements • Time – • You will notice that the action slows down to focus more closely on what is going on. • Six senses – • Descriptions of the event will contain information that involves the senses. This includes the gut feeling, or sixth sense, of the point of view involved.

  6. Hint • You will probably notice that you are reading more quickly when there is suspense. You want to know what happens.

  7. Example I – The Outsiders • I fought again desperately but only sucked in water. I'm drowning, I thought, they've gone too far... A red haze filled my mind and I slowly relaxed. The next thing I knew I was lying on the pavement beside the fountain, coughing water and gasping. I lay there weakly, breathing in air and spitting out water. The wind blasted through my soaked sweat shirt and dripping hair. My teeth chattered unceasingly and I couldn't stop them. I finally pushed myself up and leaned back against the fountain, the water running down my face. Then I saw Johnny.He was sitting next to me, one elbow on his knee, and staring straight ahead. He was a strange greenish-white, and his eyes were huger than I'd ever seen them.

  8. Example II – The Hound • Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before.

  9. Example III – The Hound • The words were hardly out of my mouth when we both saw him. Over the rocks, in the crevice of which the candle burned, there was thrust out an evil yellow face, a terrible animal face, all seamed and scored with vile passions. Foul with mire, with a bristling beard, and hung with matted hair, it might well have belonged to one of those old savages who dwelt in the burrows on the hillsides. The light beneath him was reflected in his small, cunning eyes which peered fiercely to right and left through the darkness like a crafty and savage animal who has heard the steps of the hunters.

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