Other Short Story Elements

Question 1

tone

Answer 1

is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

Question 2

style

Answer 2

style is the way in which an author writes and/or tells a story.

Question 3

suspence

Answer 3

Suspense: intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome

Question 4

forshadowing

Answer 4

Foreshadowing: writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

Question 5

flashback/flashforward

Answer 5

They take a reader from the current moment of the story to a different time and then return to the current story moment.