Literary Elements Of A Suspense Short Story

In both the excerpts "Jams" and "Swimming with Nightmares" by Peter Benchley, the author creates suspense in many ways. The author utilizes descriptive words, character's choices, and dangerous situations for creating suspense.

Suspense is a detail that many horror writer use to catch the attention of many readers and keep them holding on till the end. Just as W.F. Harvey does when creating suspense in his story August Heat. Mr. Harvey used three methods to create his suspense for his story, foreshadowing, withholding information, and reversal. With these three methods he is able to make the reader feel like, “ We may even hold our breath without realizing it as we read on eagerly to find out how the story ends”(Source 1).

One example of suspense in “The Monkey’s Paw” by Jacobs is created through setting. For example in the very beginning, it says “the night was cold and wet”, (Jacobs, 1). This example adds suspense because it sets the mood of the story and gives the story a gloomy and dark feel. Also, it is night and sometimes bad things can happen at night. Another example of suspense through setting is when a conversation starts amongst the Whites. Mr. White says “hark at the wind”, (Jacobs, 7). This is showing how the wind is loud and noisy. Lastly, when the Whites are talking about how they had to wait for Sergeant Major Morris because they live so far out with only one neighbor. This is showing suspense through waiting and with the waiting comes

“For some time I sat in silence. Then a cold shudder ran down my spine.” That would be one example of how suspense is created throughout a horror story. There have been multiple authors which have made frightening stories and put a lot of work into them.Furthermore, as in the story, “August Heat” by W.F. Harvey, it is composed of suspense around the piece. A prime example would be the use of foreshadow, reversal, and being unpredictable. Therefore, combining the three makes the completion of a story with frightening scenes, along with the suspense.

In John Irving's novel titled, A Prayer for Owen Meany, suspenseful events are of abundance, and there are multiple ways the author creates this suspense. Among these methods of creating suspense, four that stand out are the use of setting, the pace of the story, the involvement of mysteries to be solved, and the ability of the reader to easily identify and sympathize with the protagonist. By placing a character in a gloomy or solitary place, uncomfortable feelings are created, which append to the suspense. Pace and structure of the story also play into the foundation of suspense, as shorter sentences and stronger, more cutting verbs and adjectives are often used to

People reads books and they get their captured by the suspense the authors use to write their stories. Suspense is a key point for most readers it keeps them reading the book to see what happens next. Both Edgar Allan Poe and Richard Connell are very good authors that use a lot of suspense throughout their short stories. Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” and Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” are two stories full of suspense. It’s unpredictable, surprising that we can’t figure out what happens next. .Through conflict, setting, and diction Poe and Connell are able to build suspense.

“‘Watch out!” screamed Maggie. Suddenly the road took a sharp turn, and a huge oak tree loomed in my headlights”(Shusterman 39). When Neal Shusterman uses suspense it’s usually in a way that would probably end badly. He loves to try and hook the reader with suspense, so then the readers would want to keep reading that same book. As evidence in Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman and “The Abandoned Farmhouse” by Ted Kooser, suspense can be effectively created through the use of imagery.

“Suspense arises naturally from good writing - it's not a spice to be added separately,” (Leigh Michaels). Suspense is an important aspect of writing, used to keep readers wondering and guessing what could happen next and how the story may end. Writers universally use this trait of suspense in their work to keep people interested in the writing, though there are many techniques they use to do this. In the example of “The Most Dangerous Game” author Richard Connell generates suspense using various methods of foreshadowing as well as skillfully crafting the plot in a suspenseful manner.

One way Stephen King increased the sense of horror and suspense in the excerpt is by adding a time limit and details. For example, when Cujo was about to jump into the open window next to Tad's seat and when Donna tried to close the window. This was an example of the time limit that I said earlier because Donna had to be fast when closing the window, if she was too slow then Cujo would've gotten into the car and they would die. This is shown in the text in paragraph 32 where it says, "...moving with such a hard muscular spasm that she cracked her fingers on the window crank. She turned it as fast as she could, panting, feeling Tad squirming beneath her." When Donna noticed Cujo moving toward Tad's window, she rushed toward the window and tried

One way he does this is when he talks about the heads on the wall. The test suggest “The hall were the mounted heads of many animals - lions, tigers,elephants, moose, bears; larger or more perfect specimens Rainsford had never seen” (31&32). The author put this in the story to make it where the reader gets the visual of the chateau. This makes the reader wonder if he put human heads on the wall. Another suspense about the chateau is how the house looks and how it is shaped. “A lofty structure with pointed towers plunged up words into the gloom,” the author says (30). It sounds like he is talking about a castle. Zaroff lives in a castle like house out on an island in the middle of nowhere.this makes the reader think about why, he needs to live in such a nice house when he really never sees anybody and when he does he kills them. The last suspense in the chateau is it is a creepy house. The story quotes “a little leering gargoyle knocker”(30). Gargoyle are scary and weird looking things that hang on the walls of a castle mainly. When the reader reads this it makes them think about scary movies and gets them to thinking about what is going to happen next. All in all the chateau has a variety of suspense in

Suspense in The Most Dangerous Game In The book “The most dangerous game” by Richard Connell, the author has many ways of creating suspense. He tries to make suspense by using a variety of different technics. One way is creating the overall mood of the story. He uses a mix of words to give you a feeling of the characters.

The Suspense in these stories is very effective. One example in “Button Button” Norma says “Reaching out she pressed it down. For us she thought angrily” (matheson 110). This affects the conflict within herself and with her husband because she was debating whether to press it or

Suspense is used in many stories to get the reader to continue to read and find out what happens next. The key to an author's way of using suspense in a story is foreshadowing. Author Connell created a tale full of suspense using foreshadowing in his short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.”

In The Shining the hotel is mentioned within the first chapter, as Jack is being interviewed. However, it is only until chapter 4 that the reader is allowed a glimpse of the terrible things to come. Delaying the suspense allows for proper character development which will prove important in the long run. The word REDRUM, as stated previously was shown in chapter 4, it is a key word in the book that is repeated countless of times. Every time this key word appears it is accompanied by fear, Danny’s fear. By introducing it so early into the story it pushed the reader to ponder the words meaning and because of its sinister association every time it was brought up more suspense was built up. It is later revealed that it was murder spelled in reverse. In both texts the authors use an anti-climax principle that is highly effective in creating suspense in the viewer. It works for a system of false alarms followed by the real danger. An example of this is during Jacks possession and he remembers that he had forgot to ‘dump’ the boiler. There is a race against the clock to save the hotel, which is already building up suspense with questions of will he make it. As he dumps the boiler it seems that he had got there in time, this in turn takes the tension away from the reader until suddenly the hotel blows. This is a good example of how suspense is used to create

Do you like the suspense while watching a horror movie or reading a scaring novel? Writers do this on purpose to the scare the reader, to make the reader’s hair on their back of their neck stand as they read people’s worst nightmares reflecting their deepest fears a reality. The main ingredient that writers’ use is suspense because it creates anxiety. This is the main goal for a author writing a horror story. A short story that illustrates suspenses to a degree is, ‘’August Heat,’’ by W.F. Harvey. So how does W.F. Harvey create suspense in, ‘’August Heat.’’ Three ways W.F. Harvey interrupts suspense into the short story, ‘’August Heat’’ is by using foreshadowing, a reversal in sudden change in character's situation, and choosing the faith characters