1. Strange and Mysterious story elements
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
-Albert Einstein

2. Tales of the Strange and Mysterious

3. Tales of the Strange and Mysterious
Strange: something that is unfamiliar or out of the ordinary.
Mysterious:

4. Tales of the Strange and Mysterious
Strange: something that is unfamiliar or out of the ordinary.
Mysterious: something that is difficult or impossible to explain.

5. Tales of the Strange and Mysterious
“The Raven” “The Tell-Tale Heart” “Annabel Lee” “The Fall of the House of Usher”

6. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
SUSPENSE: The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next in a story, novel or drama

7. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
4 Elements of SUSPENSE:
1. Foreshadowing:

8. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
4 Elements of SUSPENSE:
1. Foreshadowing: The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.

9. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
4 Elements of SUSPENSE:
2. Mystery: something that is difficult or impossible to explain.

10. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
4 Elements of SUSPENSE:
3. Dilemma: a difficult or puzzling situation where the character must choose a dangerous course of action.

11. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
4 Elements of SUSPENSE:
4. Reversal: a sudden change in a character’s situation from good to bad, or vice versa.

12. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
Identify:
1. Foreshadowing:
2. Mystery:
3. Dilemma:
4. Reversal:
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13. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
MOOD
the feeling a reader gets from the story.

14. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
Creating a mysterious MOOD:
Expressing character’s fears through thoughts & feelings.

15. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
Creating a mysterious MOOD:
Producing vivid descriptions of sights and sounds.

16. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
Creating a mysterious MOOD:
Repeating words, phrases or actions.

17. Strange & Mysterious Vocabulary
alibi – n. a person used as another’s excuse. deduction – n. process of drawing a conclusion based on evidence/clues façade – n. a false front or appearance

18. Strange & Mysterious Vocabulary
hunch – n. a suspicion or guess intercept – v. to take or cut off from the intended destination investigation – n. a search or examination for facts or clues.

19. Strange & Mysterious Vocabulary
motive – n. something that causes a person to act a certain way or do a certain thing. oppressive – adj. unjustly harsh rapacious – adj. extremely greedy

20. Strange & Mysterious Vocabulary
red herring – n. a distraction from the real problem sinister – adj. evil; wicked, dishonest sleuth – n. a detective or private eye

21. Strange & Mysterious Vocabulary
tantalizing – adj. teasing by withholding something; tempting victim – n. a person who suffers from a disaster or injury witness – n. one who sees or watches

22. Strange & Mysterious STORY ELEMENTS
Creating Suspense & Mystery:
Use of irony: A contrast between expectation and reality.