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    stay but never manages to uncover the landlady’s secret before she murders the young lad. To create suspense Roald Dahl has set the time at 9pm when darkness takes over light. As dark represents evil the mood changes to an atmosphere of suspense‚ particularly if you’re unfamiliar with the area. This is exactly what happened to Billy and Roald Dahl therefore shows this as part of a beginning of suspense. The weather is an important part of the setting in which Roald Dahl creates a sinister mood. ’The

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    during summer. The heat at that time is enough to make a person mad. In “August Heat” the use of setting‚ foreshadowing‚ and the first person view creates an impact of horror and suspense that leaves the reader wondering what will happen next. There are some elements in the August Heat and all of them contribute to the suspense at the end. The first major

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    The short story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston tells a tale about Delia Jones and her husband Sykes. This tale tells of Delia’s troubles with Sykes and her ultimate independence from him. This story has prominent uses of many resources of language but the most prominent is the use of tone. The tone of this passage is created in a few different ways‚ and each adds to the overall emotionally charged tone. The use of language within this passage helps make the tone more authentic. The language

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    or the story goes another way than intended. All of these in some way or another produce suspense. In the story there were types of irony. For instance‚ on page 36‚ “The third caught on the edge and fell outside‚ onto the ground at Miss Strangeworth’s feet. She didn’t notice…”‚ This is an example of dramatic irony because the reader knows that it fell and Miss Strangeworth had no idea. It creates suspense in the book because we know what’s going to happen‚ but the character‚ Miss Strangeworth‚

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    In the classic Greek play Oedipus‚ the King‚ written by Sophocles‚ he writes with dramatic irony to create suspense as you read along. By adding parts of the play that prove that the readers know more than the characters themselves do. For instance‚ when Oedipus gathered the townspeople of Thebes around and commanded them to give up the murder of Laius. Oedipus cursed the murderer (himself) saying “Upon the murderer i invoke this curse: may he live out his life in misery to miserable doom!” With

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    feel that he should be questioned by a black doctor. (6 points) 3. In several of the stories in the unit‚ the turning point results from an intense building of suspense. Choose one of the stories and describe how the author builds intensity and suspense. Answer: I think “poison” was the best at building suspense. The entire time that they’re working on a solution for the snake problem Harry moves and talks which makes us believe that he was going to get bitten. Then when he gets injected

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    minds. Suspenseful moods that are created by these pictures‚ are what keeps the readers wanting to know what happens next in the story‚ keeping them involved and continuing on with their reading. During the exposition‚ climax and falling action‚ suspense is created when Connell describes the situations that Rainsford falls into with great detail. In The Most Dangerous Game‚ Richard Connell uses imagery to create mood. In the exposition of the story‚ Connell creates a suspenseful mood utilizing the

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    Jacobs did an amazing job portraying suspense by using words and phrases that make the story exciting. The suspenseful mood of the story also makes you nervous. There were many parts of the story when I found myself getting nervous for the characters and feeling their pain. One part specifically

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    Crime fiction relies on danger and tension‚ characteristics that can also be found in real life scenarios. These characteristics are crucial to this genre because they create suspense and the idea of fear to the reader. Each crime fiction novel has a detective and when they get closer to solving the crime‚ the danger and tension for the characters heighten. The real-life element in crime fictions makes the audience feel like the story is relatable and something that could potential happen to them

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    is still pertinent to today’s world because even in music they show that anyone can become the hunted. One example is when in the duran duran song‚ they say “Straddle the line‚ in discord and rhyme‚ I’m on the hunt I’m after you.” The use of mood‚ suspense and setting are expertly crafted to support the theme of The Most Dangerous Game”.

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