Unit A1: Page Turners and Plot Twists
Mystery and suspense in a story don't just happen by accident. An author plans and times each event to draw us in, keep us hanging on, and surprise us when we least expect it.

In this unit, you'll read several short stories that demonstrate how authors create mystery, tension, and surprise. You will use these texts and your own reflections to consider the guiding question:

How do authors keep us on the edge of our seats?

As you read, you'll learn how to identify and analyze techniques used to create tension and develop theme. You'll also compare several texts to examine how structure and word choice in a text contribute to tension.

This work will prepare you to plan, develop, write, and revise a literature analysis on authorial techniques in the Unit Activity.

The mystery genre is a fiction genre that follows a crime (such as a murder or a disappearance) from the time it is committed until it is solved.

Mystery books are commonly referred to as "whodunnits" because they transform the reader into a detective tasked with determining the who, what, when, and how of a specific murder.

What is suspense?

Suspense in literature is an unsettling sensation that a reader receives when they don't know what will come next.

A writer generates suspense by releasing information to readers in a controlled manner that raises critical questions and makes readers eager, yet afraid, to find out what occurs.

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