Suspense Narratives

We have now completed our own suspense narratives, detailing escaping from Pompeii in 79AD during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Attached are a couple of examples. Why not have a read of them and see if you can spot some of the devices the children used to create suspense and tension, such as: ellipsis, short-shocking sentences, showing how a character is feeling rather than just telling the audience, and the character thinking everything is fine when the audience know that it won't be...