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WRITING A SUSPENSE STORY

YURI ALEXANDRA SALINAS BELTRAN

Created on March 26, 2023

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WRITING A SUSPENSE STORY

employ techniques to make exciting- suspense stories.

WARM UP:

What makes a suspense story interesting?

WRITING TECHNIQUES TO WRITE A SUSPENSE STORY

1. STRONG, PRECISE VERBS: WHIP, BATTER, SHOUT, SHUDDER, SHIVER 2. SENTENCE STARTING WITH PRESENT PARTICIPLE VER: MOANING 3. ADVERBS: EERILY, EXCITEDLY, NERVOUSLY, MOROSELY 4. COMMAS TO MARK OFF CLAUSES (DEPENDENT, INDEPENDENT) 5. SIMILE 6. PUNTUATION DEVICE: ELLIPSIS (...)

PRACTICE

USE 6 DIFFERENT COLORS TO IDENTIFY THE WRITING TECHNIQUES IN THE PARAGRAPH YOUR TEACHER WILL GIVE YOU.

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MAIN ACTIVITY Write your own beginning to a suspense story: Part 1 Begin with two friends who are enjoying their local festival but see something mysterious and decide to go and investigate. Part 2 Write that they move towards the place, but stop just before they open the door. Use the 6 techniques:

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