Building Mystery, Tension and Suspense

Learn to identify how authors create mystery, tension, and suspense within a story. In this interactive tutorial, you will learn how Richard Connell used exposition, foreshadowing, pacing, and the manipulation of time to build tension and suspense in the short story "The Most Dangerous Game."
Resource ID#: 119087 Type: Original Student Tutorial
Rate It!
Feedback?
error indicator Login will be required December 31, 2021 to access all the CPALMS original student tutorials. Florida public school students will continue to have access to this and all other tutorials at www.floridastudents.org or their CPALMS Class Sites. Florida public school teachers will continue to be able to access them here and on www.floridastudents.org For all other teachers, parents, and students, you can access them with a subscription on www.cpalms.com

Attachments

Accessible Version Accessible version of the tutorial content in pdfformat

General Information

Subject(s): English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 9, 10
Intended Audience: Students
Keywords: mystery, tension, suspense, short story, foreshadowing, exposition, pacing, manipulation of time, The Most Dangerous Game, English Language Arts, ELA, tutorials, elearning, e-learning, hunting, flashback, flash forward, Richard Connell, short stories, interactive, English, Language Arts, fiction, literature, adventure stories
Instructional Component Type(s): Original Student Tutorial
Resource Collection: Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12

Aligned Standards

This vetted resource aligns to concepts or skills in these benchmarks.

Related Resources

Other vetted resources related to this resource.