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    GRADE VI

    ENGLISH
    WRITING SKILLS
    SUSPENSE STORIES
    MARCH 2023

    MET Rishikul Vidyalaya


    Bandra Reclamation, Bandra (w), Mumbai – 400050
    WHAT ARE SUSPENSE STORIES?

    A suspense story is a genre of


    narrative fiction that involves a
    state of mental anxiety,
    anticipation and uncertainty.
    WHY DO WE WRITE SUSPENSE STORIES?
     To arrest the reader’s attention by arousing curiosity in them

     To heighten the tension and build anxiety

     To engross the reader in turning the pages

     To delve into the unknown and reveal the mystery


    CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF SUSPENSE STORIES
     It must have a dark and foreboding atmosphere/mood.

     It must have an uneasy and curious tone.

     It must have tension from the beginning to the end of the story.

     It must have a complex and twisted plot.

     It must have red-herrings (clues that mislead the readers)

     It must have a strong, deceptive and unpredictable hidden identity.

     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

    COLD SWEAT UNEXPECTED


    A state of extreme worry or fear. A state of extreme worry or fear.
    Eg: The silence was so oppressive Eg: The silence was so oppressive
    that she broke into a cold sweat. that she broke into a cold sweat.

    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 .
    v
    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

    1. Write a story titled, ‘The Old Dark House.’

    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.

    4. Write a story about a stranger wearing a ‘Black Raincoat.’

    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

    MET Rishikul Vidyalaya


    Bandra Reclamation, Bandra (w), Mumbai – 400050
    Tel: (+ 91 22) 26440061/377, 39554315
    Email: [email protected] I www.mrv.edu.in

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