Exploring Suspense and Tension in 'Terror'

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In the short story "Terror" written by blaze Forbes the author uses vocabulary to create tension and suspense. He does this in his choice of vocabulary to describe justins feeling, justin's mother and the bowl of pumpkin soup that appears in the story The author of ”Terror” chooses his words carefully to describe justins feelings. He uses powerful words that you would expect to be used in a horror story. For example, “Justin was going to die and he couldn't do anything about it”, this it the first sentence so it hooks the reader on. Also marching solemnly to his own death. This is half way through the story so it makes the story more interesting. The writer also chooses vocabulary carefully to describe Justin’s mother. We are led to believe

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