suspense story The Lottery By Shirley

Question

in the story, The Lottery By Shirley Jackson Pick two techniques the author uses to create suspense in that story. Write a Quick Write for each technique. You only need two quotes for each technique.

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Answer 1

It's been a while since I have read "The Lottery," but I do remember that the first time I read it, I kept asking myself, "What the heck is this lottery for?" And of course, we never really find out until the very end what the "winner" gets. So I think that by being purposely ambiguous and leaving her readers in the dark, Shirley Jackson creates both tension and suspense.

Answer 2

Techniques are many literary devices such as assonance, alliteration, consonance, flashbacks, foreshadow, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, simile, symbolism. Techniques, also known as rhetorical devices, use our senses to drive the story home. Suspense is usually caused by the uncertainty of the future which triggers anxiety or excitement. The question is asking what techniques the author used to cause suspense. Hope that helps.

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