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    famous authors being R.L. Stine writing the novel of Goosbumps on different scary topics. But this is not the person that we are focusing on‚ How do horror writers create suspense? By Percy D Aco and August Heat by W.F. Harvey. One of them writing about how they get there idea of suspense and the other writing about suspense. The How do horror writers create supense? Is very interesting how these writers come up with scary and spooky stories. Stories like this can keep you up at night‚ make you

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    The Great Gatsby - Chapter 6 In chapter 6 the rumours about Gatsby continue to circulate in New York—a reporter even travels to Gatsby’s mansion hoping to interview him. Nick‚ having learned the truth about Gatsby’s early life sometime before writing his account‚ now interrupts the story to tell us Gatsby’s real history—instead of how it was rumoured to have occurred‚ or as Gatsby had previous claimed that it had occurred‚ but as it really happened. In this chapter we also see Tom Buchanan stopover

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    boys had nightmares. They screamed and cried. As time wore on‚ the big ’uns" became demoralized and started to believe in it. By the end of chapter five‚ Golding has increased the level of fear in the minds of the boys. The boys are getting more afraid that they will never be found after blowing their first chance by letting the fire go out. The first acts of violence between the boys have occurred. They are afraid that they are being watched and hunted by some unknown creature. They have also

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    Analysis of a scene of Great Expectations. I have chosen to look at how the relationship of Pip and Magwitch develops during the novel. I have chosen 3 key scenes in which Magwitch and pip meet and I will look at how each is portrayed in terms of character‚ development‚ setting and the messages or morals that dickens is trying to convey. Magwitch first meets pip at the graveyard on the marshes‚ from this we see that pip is a lonely child‚ who has lost his mother and father. Magwitch threatens

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    Fitzgerald opens chapter three projecting Gatsby’s fictitious success through Nicks description of Gatsby’s parties. The colour yellow is repeated throughout this chapter‚ it is used to describe ‘the yellow cocktail music’ at Gatsby’s parties and also his station wagon which was ‘scampered like a brisk yellow bug’. The colour ‘yellow’ represents a fake gold- gold being associated with those with ‘old money’- suggesting Gatsby’s assets to be deceptive. This is further exemplified by the ‘two girls

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    Theo knows how to play chess so he makes a move first before anyone. The rules to the game continue and everyone will get 5‚000 dollars if they are able to solve the mystery without dropping out and quitting the whole thing. Quote: “Haven’t you memorized them yet?” (chp. 7‚ p. 45) Explanation: Turtle

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    This quote comes from the first chapter of Genesis‚ which is the first book in the Bible. It is a very well-known quote from the bible that people around the world quote when discussing how the earth began. Genesis offered a very interesting perspective on the creation of the earth that was especially present in the first three chapters. The first three chapters of Genesis are thought-provoking‚ troublesome‚ and leave the reader with some questions. The first three chapters of Genesis are very thought-provoking

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    these horror flicks have diverged. Therefore‚ surprise in fiction creates an interesting strain for the reader. An author shapes tension through his or her use of the elements of structure‚ point of view‚ setting and most importantly foreshadowing. Suspense is a major key

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    Scattering in the Earth’s Atmosphere Tony Yuk Hei Chan Abstract Introduction When the sun radiates light to the earth‚ incoming solar radiation often is scattered from its original direction of propagation as it enter earth’s atmosphere. This is due to the scattering effect from different particles in the earth’s atmosphere. When the scattering occur‚ the phase and the polarization of solar radiation are often changed. In this experiment‚ we aimed to investigate the effect of two of the

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    Liam O’Flaherty’s splendid short story‚ “The Sniper”‚ demonstrated superb suspense throughout the entire story. Several different lively‚ tension-filled moments riddled this story. First off‚ in the beginning‚ the sniper is laying in his covert hideout with his rifle. He decides to light his cigarette because he fancies a smoke. The light gives his position away and the soldier is shot at from an enemy sniper. In this moment Liam‚ the author‚ creates a nervous tension in the audience because the

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