Name:________________________ Rubric for Scary Short Story Ideas 5 The writer tells a scary story which builds in intensity and suspense until the end. The sensory details make the story come alive. Several lines of dialogue are included. 4 The writer tells a scary story which includes intense and suspenseful moments. More details are needed to make the reader feel he/she is there. Dialogue is included. 3 The writer tells a scary story. Many more details and dialogue are needed. 2 Elements of
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rush; and because of this‚ scary things are booming. According to the website AmericaHaunts.com‚ seasonal haunted houses in major cities average around 8‚000 paying customers‚ and most haunted houses charge between $15 - $25 a ticket. Amusement parks like Six Flags and SeaWorld charge as much as $65. Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday in the United States. People nowadays love to be scared. One time I went to the movies and I saw people in line this for one scary movie‚ and I thought
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One Scary Lesson Lub dub‚ heavy breathing‚ lub dub. My heart beat was as if it was going to start pounding out through my noggin‚ as I was trying to catch my breath. I could hear footsteps coming up behind me like a tiger was chasing at my heels. A loud scream pierced my ears and echoed many‚ many times in my mind. My thoughts raced from one thing to another. After locking the door‚ the four of us clinched in a corner for nearly an hour. My day had begun normal. I remember I woke up‚ went to
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EBOne scary flight back home When I was a child I have always been afraid of flights‚ especially the ones during the night and bad weather. The story I am about to tell consists of one of my childhood memories which I find it hard to forget. It was a cold windy January night and I was flying back to Tirana from my winter holidays in Paris. The rain was about to start and the wind was very strong which made it not the perfect timing for a flight. Back then I was around 11 years old and I was not
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with a simple dare that Jem has to carry out in order to gain respect from his sister and friend. Scout and Jem both learn about courage through the first Boo game they invented by testing their levels of fear. The game has turned into a dangerous‚ scary expedition that leaves all three of them shaken. Boo’s unspoken‚ unseen presence at the fire put him in a new light in Jem’s and Scout’s eyes. Yet again‚ they see reality and their games slowly fading and losing their meaning. The burning house
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The Scary Friday Night Descriptive writing It was a Friday night. The full moon was shining through the bare branches making scary shadows on our path as we walked. A cool light wind was blowing sending leaves dancing noisily in the forest floor. I remember thinking to myself that the night‚ was the scariest night ever‚ and I wanted to ask Scott to go back and take the long way through the road‚ but I was afraid that he would laugh at me and make jokes about me for being scared of the dark. The
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Scary Story “Come you have to see this!” screamed Doobie. “What is it?” asked Kavid. “I really don’t know. Never mind. Forget about it. Do you ever feel that something bad is about to happen to us?” “No not really.” The Island of Nesis had many mysterious things about it and on it. Nobody ever knew about it since it was far out in the ocean. On the island‚ a house stood. Some said that the doors had blood dripping off of it. Others told that the bathtub flowed with blood once. One person exclaimed
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Once I was home at about 12:00 Everyone was asleep except me‚ I couldn’t wrap up my head to make me sleep. When I was trying attempts to make me sleep‚ until heard something coming from the kitchen the noise just started‚ when I tried hard to go but I was afraid of the noise coming from the kitchen‚ when i finally got brave but it took me 5 minutes to decide and went to go to get a flashlight and crawl on the floor. I turned on the flashlight and checked the the whole house and saving the kitchen
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Scary: Its dark and so silent that I could hear a penny drop. However‚ there’s screeching every few minutes. I can feel a person staring at me but there isn’t anyone there. The lights flicker and I hear a woman scream down stairs. Echoing in the dead silent house in less than a minute. I feel this warmness rush through me and my heart rate has accelerated. My breathing is heavy and I am trying to quietly move down stairs. I feel my hand become saturated with something goopy. My eyes widen as there
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upon a few of their novels and a film that shocked the nation and then drifted softly into the night. From the Andromeda Strain to Outbreak and ending with the struggle of humanity against Filoviruses today‚ this paper will delve into the dark and scary world of viruses‚ how little we really know about their origins‚ and exactly how devastating a lack of preparation can be. In the first section‚ I will review the history of Crichton’s and Preston’s works and the subsequent films and “panic” that
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