ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The state of tension and uncertainty caused by a mysterious situation. This encourages the audience to keep reading or watching.
A
MOOD
B
MYSTERY
C
SUSPENSE
D
TONE
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Foreshadowing is a valuable literary technique a writer can use to create and build suspense that will keep your readers turning the page.

Detailed explanation-2: -In literature, suspense is an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don’t know what is going to happen next. A writer creates suspense through a controlled release of information to readers that raises key questions and makes readers eager, but terrified, to find out what happens.

Detailed explanation-3: -Building suspense is an art, not a science. That said, while there aren’t “rules, ” there is something of a taxonomy when it comes to crafting a dread-soaked scene. As the video essay below proposes, the essential building blocks are threefold: time, stakes, and uncertainty.

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