Unit A1: Page Turners and Plot Twists
Mystery and suspense in a story don't just happen by accident. An author plans and times each event to draw us in, keep us hanging on, and surprise us when we least expect it.

In this unit, you'll read several short stories that demonstrate how authors create mystery, tension, and surprise. You will use these texts and your own reflections to consider the guiding question:

How do authors keep us on the edge of our seats?

As you read, you'll learn how to identify and analyze techniques used to create tension and develop theme. You'll also compare several texts to examine how structure and word choice in a text contribute to tension.

This work will prepare you to plan, develop, write, and revise a literature analysis on authorial techniques in the Unit Activity.

Mystery and suspense in a story don't just happen by accident. An author plans and times each event to draw us in, keep us hanging on and surprise us when we least expect it.

One technique that authors can use to promote suspense and tension in a story is Foreshadowing. This technique allows the authors to provide some information about events that will still happen in the story. Authors do this in a subjunctive way, it makes readers curious about how the story will develop and tense about the information presented.

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