Suspense Stories
Suspense Stories
Suspense Stories
ENGLISH
WRITING SKILLS
SUSPENSE STORIES
MARCH 2023
It must have tension from the beginning to the end of the story.
It must withhold information to keep the readers guessing till the end.
IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR WRITING SUSPENSE STORY
Make use of these vocabulary in your Suspense Stories to heighten the effect!
RED HERRING
APPREHENSION
A clue that misleads the readers
Fear and anxiety about something
and diverts the attention from
unpleasant that is going to happen
the subject.
Eg: She had an apprehension of an
Eg: He is not the murderer, but a
impending doom!
Red Herring!
FORESHADOW TENSION
A warning or sign of a future event Extreme mental or emotional
OR strain.
A technique used to build suspense Eg: She could feel the tension
in a story building in her!!
Eg: The echo of the footsteps
foreshadow a crime!
IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR WRITING SUSPENSE STORY
FOREBODING
UNFORESEEN
A feeling that very bad is going to
A state of extreme worry or fear.
happen soon.
Eg: The silence was so oppressive
Eg: He had a strange foreboding
that she broke into a cold sweat.
about he paintings on the wall .
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USING ATMOSPHERE TO CREATE SUSPENSE
Pitch-black
Hazy mist
darkness
Torrential
Dense fog rain
Ferocious
storm
USING ATMOSPHERE TO CREATE SUSPENSE
Haunting Lurking
dusk shadows
Approaching Strange
threat occurrences
Oppressive
silence
ASSIGNMENTS
2. Write a story that begins with 'Sarah saw a Face in the Fog.
3. Write a story that takes place in a dark street where shadows whisper endlessly.
5. Write a story ending with ‘The suspense is revealed as the Clock Strikes Twelve.’
6. Write a story where The Guest Disappears in the middle of the story.
Thank You