How does Wilkie Collins create tension in

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How does Wilkie Collins create tension in A
Terribly Strange Bed?

• Word Count Minimum 1000 words

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Introduction(10 12 lines)

• Start with the word When and give one good
  example of a moment of tension in the story
• Do NOT quote write the example in your own
  words
• Show how this example relates to the question
• Announce the three main sections of the essay
• how setting contributes to tension
• how characters contribute to tension
• how language contributes to tension
• This essay will be divided intoSection one will
  explore how setting contributes to tension.

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Main Essay

• Section 1 Tension Setting (approx 200 words)
• Paragraph 1 How does the setting create tension
  at the start of the story?
• Paragraph 2 Describe the mood and atmosphere of
  the different rooms of the gambling house
• Paragraph 3 Describe the atmosphere at the end
  of the story

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Main Essay

• Section 2 Tension Characters (approx 200
  words)
• Paragraph 1 - How does the main character,
  Faulkner, add to the tension of the story?
• Paragraph 2 What are the strengths and
  weaknesses of the narrator of Collins story?
• Paragraph 3 Briefly look at the identity of the
  Old Soldier, explaining how he contributes to the
  tension

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Main Essay

• Section 3 Tension Language (approx 200 words)
• Paragraph 1 - How does Collins use language to
  create tension? (look at images of dark/light,
  sound/silence, heat/cold)
• Paragraph 2 How does Collins use different
  sentence lengths in the story? (look at short and
  long sentences, punctuation marks and their
  effects
• Paragraph 3 How is language used to build up
  suspense in the bedroom scene of Collins story
  (pp70-71)?

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Conclusion(5 lines)

• Briefly explain in your own words why the story
  is a tense one?
• At the end of this analysis, it can be concluded
  that
• Which part of the story has the most tension? Why?

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Things to Remember

• Avoid using the first person I or my I
  think that or In my opinion
• Avoid using contractions such as dont,
  doesnt, etc or eg
• Avoid using slang this is a formal essay
• Avoid quoting just for the sake of quoting
  (always explain your quote by relating it to the
  question)
• Always write the full question at the beginning
  of your essay
• Always use the Rule of Three Point Quote
  Explain
• Always number your pages and put your full name
  on each page
• Always include your total word count (including
  quotes) at the end of the essay

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Deadlines

• First draft hand in on Wednesday 9th April 2002
• Final draft hand in 16th April 2003 (last day of
  Spring Term)