Mysterious Worlds: Mystery and Suspense · Summer Term 1

Building Suspense through Pacing

Using short sentences and cliffhangers to control the reader's heart rate.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does sentence length affect the speed at which we read a scene?
  2. 2What techniques do authors use to withhold information from the reader?
  3. 3How does a cliffhanger encourage a reader to turn the page?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS2: English - Writing CompositionKS2: English - Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation
Year: Year 3
Subject: English
Unit: Mysterious Worlds: Mystery and Suspense
Period: Summer Term 1

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