These questions are similar to the ones you'll see on this lesson's quiz. Use them to see how well you've learned this lesson's concepts and skills. If you answer any questions incorrectly, review the parts of the lesson that relate to those questions.
Which phrase best describes suspense?
- the writer's attempt to explain to readers what will happen in a story
- an author's reason for writing about a particular event
- the most exciting or frightening scene in a story
- the reader's feeling of anxiety about what will happen in a story
Suspense is the tension that makes readers want to keep reading.
Suspense is the tension that makes readers want to keep reading.
Suspense is the tension that makes readers want to keep reading.
Suspense is the tension that makes readers want to keep reading.
What is the purpose of narrative tension?
- to help readers visualize the setting
- to explain a story's exposition
- to make a story interesting to read
- to develop characters more fully
Suspense contributes a combination of excitement and uncertainty to a story that keeps readers on edge.
Suspense contributes a combination of excitement and uncertainty to a story that keeps readers on edge.
Suspense contributes a combination of excitement and uncertainty to a story that keeps readers on edge.
Suspense contributes a combination of excitement and uncertainty to a story that keeps readers on edge.
What effect does lack of suspense have on readers?
- It causes readers to become bored with the story.
- It makes readers want to find out what happens.
- It gives readers a reason to like characters.
- It helps readers predict the story’s outcome.
Suspense motivates readers to keep reading.
Suspense motivates readers to keep reading.
Suspense motivates readers to keep reading.
Suspense motivates readers to keep reading.
Read this excerpt from the short story “Hawk,” and look for examples of foreshadowing.
Moving along the rugged path, Will began to see bits of trash here and there. First there were just some paper scraps, but as Will drew close to the meeting place, broken bottles and twisted cans glittered darkly in the fallen leaves. Grand had hated litter, especially any he found in the woods. Whenever they'd come across some, Grand had insisted on stopping to clean it up.
Which sentence from the passages uses foreshadowing to hint at something possibly dangerous up ahead?
- Moving along the rugged path, Will began to see bits of trash here and there
- First there were just some paper scraps, but as Will drew close to the meeting place, broken bottles and twisted cans glittered darkly in the fallen leaves.
- Grand had hated litter, especially any he found in the woods.
- Whenever they'd come across some, Grand had insisted on stopping to clean it up
One of the sentences includes details that are described as "dark" and "twisted," suggesting that Will is walking to a place where bad things happen.
One of the sentences includes details that are described as "dark" and "twisted," suggesting that Will is walking to a place where bad things happen.
One of the sentences includes details that are described as "dark" and "twisted," suggesting that Will is walking to a place where bad things happen.
One of the sentences includes details that are described as "dark" and "twisted," suggesting that Will is walking to a place where bad things happen.
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