Suspense In 'Stranger Things Sorry, Wrong'

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Summarize what suspense is (when it is effective)...
Suspense is a time when you feel anxious uncertain about what may happen. It is effective when it makes you feel like you need to do something , or when you feel like you need to focus more on something.

Summarize why people like to read suspenseful stories, or watch suspenseful shows and movies…

Summarize what foreshadowing is, and how it can be used effectively to build suspense…

Summarize what mystery means, and how it can be used effectively to build suspense…

Summarize what dilemma means, and how it can be used effectively to build suspense…

Summarize what reversal means, and how it can be used effectively to build suspense…

Summarize what situational irony
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In the video it talks about how you have to

11. Choose which of the following examples you thought was the most suspenseful, or the one you think you could analyze the best…

Stranger Things Sorry, Wrong # The Monkey’s Paw The Tell Tale Heart The Landlady Cujo Jurassic Park

Summarize what the example is about (plot, characters, etc.)…
The show is about kids that find a creature/demogorgon and, have to kill it. It takes place in a town called Hawkins. There are four boys, Dustin, Will, Mike, and Lucas. Thiers Lucy, Will’s older sister, and Jonathan, Mike’s older brother.

Summarize, overall, how the example effectively created suspense...

The opening of stranger things creates suspense by, using the lighting, camera views, and the sounds. They use lighting when they only show the shadow of the demogorgon. They use the background music and the phone to create suspense. They use camera views to create suspense when they show the point of view of the monster.

*The hopefully useful reason for all this is to help you prepare for your extended response papers… Anything you come up with here can be copy and pasted into your paper--if it is good

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