Suspense Techniques

a person, animal, or natural force appearing in a literary work

a direct contrast between what one says, does, or acts and what one means to do, say, or act

an internal conflict/struggle between the character and his/herself that continues throughout

the author's attitude toward the subject of their writing such as positive/negative

the descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures for the reader

clues to what might happen later in the story

someone who does not know the truth, or doesn't have a realistic version of the true story

the use of a sound, phrase, word, sentence, or grammatical pattern more than once

time and place of events in the story, novel, or play

emotional feeling of the reader; by the description of the setting, characters, and dialogue

an interruption of the action to show an event that happened earlier