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    2014 Prompt #3 Suspense in ’The Veiled Lady’ ’The Veiled Lady’ is a short story written by Agatha Christie‚ a short story with a great deal of suspense. Suspense requires many literary elements to be effective. Suspense builds up throughout ’The Veiled Lady’ through the author’s use of elements of fiction such as a red herring‚ foreshadowing‚ and melodrama. The precise use of these three elements of fiction effectively creates an atmosphere of suspense‚ leaving the reader

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    Paradox Of Horror

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    KATERINA BANTINAKI The Paradox of Horror: Fear as a Positive Emotion With its roots in the English gothic novel of the eighteenth century and a body of work that spreads across different media‚ the horror genre has persisted in art for more than a century‚ gaining gradual popularity among audiences. Its success has been particularly pronounced in cinema‚ where horror films like The Exorcist‚ Jaws‚ Alien‚ Silence of the Lambs‚ and numerous others rank among the major box office hits in cinematic

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    Ida B. Wells uses a straight-forward writing style to boldly prove multiple arguments against the wrongful accusations of the lynching‚ rape‚ and the gruesome murders set forth by the vile southerners. Wells distinguish her examples and theories to disprove the justifications of lynching made by Southerners. Within her book‚ Wells portrays the views of African-Americans in the 1890s. Since the southerners allowed widespread lynching; while cowardly hiding behind the excuse of "defending the honor

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    A Night of Suspense

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    I walked on briskly‚ trying not to look back. Somebody was following me. I could feel it.  I continued to walk‚ counting my steps‚ making sure I didn’t step on any cracks; believe me‚ I’m not the superstitious kind‚ but‚ yet‚ I felt wary.  Splat. A raindrop landed right on my nose and it dripped down my face. I hated the rain‚ every drop on your head feels like an egg that is being smashed on your face. I wiped the rain of my glasses with my gloves. One step‚ two steps‚ three steps. I stopped

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    Horror Movies

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    weight. You indeed burn calories when you watch horror flicks but not that substantial. In a recent study conducted by a university in the United Kingdom‚ depending on the movie‚ you can burn close to 200 calories. Watching scary movies is perhaps one of the most entertaining ways to burn calories! **IT SOOTHES YOU: According to another study done in New York‚ horror movies allow you to engage in an experience where you are in control. In some ways horror movies provide a soothing factor. While it can

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    Creative Writing Short Story

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    Ten days ago I was released from a rehabilitation center. After finding out that I was addicted to pain medications‚ my mother put me on lock down in my room until the center was ready for me. I spent half of my freshman year and all of my summer there; I am finally sound enough to go back home and back to school. My mother believes this to be good for me; it undeniably won’t be. I lost all my friends when I started dating James. He was the one who introduced me to the meds. After my friends found

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    Suspense Essay Sanford

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    Although not everyone will agree‚ I want to present the  idea that the story that deserves the prestigious Edgar Award  is‚ “The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow”‚ written by Washington Irving.  It introduced such suspense that had the ability to capture your  attention. Although an appropriate runner­up would be “The Cask  Of Amontillado”‚ by Edgar Allen Poe himself. I felt it had some  boring aspects that left me feeling unsatisfied as a result. I  will prove my opinion by presenting my textual evidence piece by 

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    Egg Horror Poem

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    “egg horror poem”‚ by Laurel Winter. I believe that Winter wanted to make the reader feel as if they were one of the eggs‚ feeling all of the suspenseful emotions that come with being an egg‚ she does this by using imagery words‚ voice‚ and her ideas. This involves making me feel like I am waiting in a carton with my friends‚ waiting for the fridge door to open‚ counting down the seconds to my own death. Laurel Winter uses point of view and quotes to create the overall feeling of suspense throughout

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    The Horror Of The Holocaust

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    need. Some survived out of their own will to live‚ even when there was little to live for. And some‚ though broken in body and spirit‚ were liberated by the Allied Forces at the end of World War II. These stories of survival provide the only glimpse of “goodness” that comes from the terrible story of the Holocaust. It proves that‚ even in history’s darkest hour‚ there was a glimmer of hope; that in a world that seemed to be falling apart‚ good still had the capacity to overcome

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    Southern Horrors

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    The excuses whites used during Reconstruction to torture and murder newly freed African Americans were as false as they were numerous. In Southern Horrors and Other Writings‚ Wells relates many of these. Excuses ranging from sassing whites to rape to murder prove that "colored men and women [were] lynched for almost any offense" (Wells 78). According to Wells‚ the three most common excuses used to victimize African Americans during and after Reconstruction were that the victim had participated in

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