Close-calls is the most important literary device used in creating suspense in “Three Skeleton Key.” Close-calls creates suspense by getting the reader’s on the edge of their seats. In the text it says “The chief had just enough time to leap to his feet, and cry for help the rats swarming over him”. This shows that something really bad is happening right now because the rats are now in the tower and so the readers are pulled in and want to know if they will be able get away. Also, someone might argue that all of the other arguments rely on setting. However, it has nothing to do with creating suspense, it is just a location, the story could’ve taken place anywhere else and it still would not matter. Another way close-calls creates suspense
Jonathan Kozol revealed the early period’s situation of education in American schools in his article Savage Inequalities. It seems like during that period, the inequality existed everywhere and no one had the ability to change it; however, Kozol tried his best to turn around this situation and keep track of all he saw. In the article, he used rhetorical strategies effectively to describe what he saw in that situation, such as pathos, logos and ethos.
In 102 Minutes, Chapter 7, authors Dwyer and Flynn use ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the readers’ consciences, minds and hearts regarding what happened to the people inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Of particular interest are the following uses of the three appeals.
Suspense, something vital filmmakers, and authors need in their stories, but how does someone include suspense in their stories that gets the audience on the edge of their seats and begging for more? In the essay, “Let Em’ Play God” by Alfred Hitchcock, he states that letting the audience know everything while the characters don’t create suspense.
In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer wrote about Christopher McCandless, a nature lover in search for independence, in a mysterious and hopeful experience. Even though Krakauer tells us McCandless was going to die from the beginning, he still gave him a chance for survival. As a reader I wanted McCandless to survive. In Into the Wild, Krakauer gave McCandless a unique perspective. He was a smart and unique person that wanted to be completely free from society. Krakauer included comments from people that said McCandless was crazy, and his death was his own mistake. However, Krakauer is able to make him seem like a brave person. The connections between other hikers and himself helped in the explanation of McCandless’s rational actions. Krakauer is able to make McCandless look like a normal person, but unique from this generation. In order for Krakauer to make Christopher McCandless not look like a crazy person, but a special person, I will analyze the persuading style that Krakauer used in Into the Wild that made us believe McCandless was a regular young adult.
Everyone at one point has been captivated and intrigued by the plot of a movie or a book. This captivation is generated by the one tool that authors and directors love the most, suspense. Authors want their audience and readers of their writing to be enthralled by creating tension and thrill in their plot. The usage of style, characterization, point of view, and foreshadowing allows authors and directors to create suspense in their work. Suspense is a very difficult approach to master but with the correct tools it can be as simple as a walk through the park.
Also if I look at the genre of the story, suspense is built at the
Pollan’s article provides a solid base to the conversation, defining what to do in order to eat healthy. Holding this concept of eating healthy, Joe Pinsker in “Why So Many Rich Kids Come to Enjoy the Taste of Healthier Foods” enters into the conversation and questions the connection of difference in families’ income and how healthy children eat (129-132). He argues that how much families earn largely affect how healthy children eat — income is one of the most important factors preventing people from eating healthy (129-132). In his article, Pinsker utilizes a study done by Caitlin Daniel to illustrate that level of income does affect children’s diet (130). In Daniel’s research, among 75 Boston-area parents, those rich families value children’s healthy diet more than food wasted when children refused to accept those healthier but
Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking is a multi-faceted character and person. Her opinions on equality, racism, governmental and justice systems are cultivated and intellectual, truly brought forth in her writing. In this first chapter, Prejean begins her journey of understanding the corrupt systems of government, and their unjust practices such as the death penalty, through this she seeks to help those affected by the unjustness of the systems. Her use of logos, pathos, and ethos through strategies such as presenting statistics, descriptions of memories and explanations of religious ties help her opinion become prominent throughout the chapter.
Edgar Allen Poe used very detailed descirbling words to create a world of suspense in the readers head. “He was still sitting up in the bed listening; --just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.” (2) He gives us a hint in the death watches in the wall and hearkening means listening, so they are making noises. With the details it’s also a better way to get an image in your head. For me I imaged an old busted up big house with cracks in the walls for death watches to come in and hang out in there. Read this quotation from the book, “I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out --"Who's there?"” (2) I can picture that scene perfectly and you dont know if the old man can see him so that brings more suspense. You can even image his face when his thumb slipped on the tin fastening. (Well, at least I can.) With great detail comes great suspense and Edgar Allen Poe hit the target right in the middle.
First, a key method used to create suspense is the usage of the setting. When a character is in an unwelcoming or uninviting location, uneasy or tense feelings can be formed. When there is a sense of not knowing what is around the corner or lurking in the shadows, suspense is created. Also, ominous weather, such as threatening thunderstorms, can lead the reader to anticipate an unfortunate event occurring. An example of an uncomfortable setting is the secret passageway, which is dark, dirty, and most often only occupied by a single individual. Under these conditions many people become anxious, and because of these uneasy feelings that one may encounter, when a character is subjected to these conditions, the reader may become apprehensive, which leads to the formation of suspense. When Dan Needham shuts John Wheelwright in the secret passageway while both are in a drunken stupor, a high level of suspense is created. The description of the secret passageway adds to the suspense of the scene, "The passageway was dark; yet I could discern the scurrying of spiders.
Jaws is a great move to analyze suspense from because it has very distinct and easily identifiable elements of suspense. A few of the elements within the movie that causes this suspense is the setting, characters and sound. Jaws, the movie and the shark, force its characters to disregard their ego and fears to band together and kill Jaws, even though they did not initially like each other. This theme is applicable to people of all walks of life, for example if I am having trouble with math then I would need to let go of my ego and ask for help in order to move forward and excel.
Then out of nowhere someone had knocked on the door. This created suspense because they had used sound and it had made the scene feel more intense. That is one way the author had created suspense for the viewers. In this horror, television series, in episode 9, suspense was created by the setting and the placement of the camera. In the scene 22:58, the guys had found blood, they had put the camera in the staircase and it made it feel, as if you were there. Which had made it feel more suspenseful and more
Personification is the best literary device that gives suspense in Three Skeleton Key. My first claim is that personification gives suspense because it reveals the suspenseful location of the story. In the text on pg. 40 it says “The light danced over the stream.” Someone may argue against that saying that the lighthouses light doesn’t make the story suspenseful. After that I would argue that their counter-argument is flawed because the fact that that’s the only light around makes the reader nervous about what’s going to happen to the characters. Then the reader is going to start feeling antsy about whether the characters are going to stay out of danger and in the light.
Imagine reading this, the character is walking down to a party and she hears radom footsteps and with that all of the lights go out, then the writer leaves it at that. That makes the readers interested into reading on and it has suspense which will hook the reader even more. Therefore, the setting is the most significant part in creating suspense.
To build suspense there is many ways like reversal like in Jurassic Park when the T-Rex saves the characters from the velociraptors, mood is scary, and foreshadowing the Raptor fight.The thrill of jump scares. Sometimes for fun. Suspense in movies can raise tensions and or lower tensions. Suspense is most effective when it is used in a main or eventful part of a story. A way that suspense was used was in Jurassic Park when the T-Rex was fighting all the kids in the car. Suspense is the feeling of what will happen next in the story to get the adrenaline