Suspense Writing

This Word Bank provides vocabulary to help build tension and excitement in suspense stories.

A selection of introductory phrases is provided to support the descriptive writing, and other words are arranged under word class headings: Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, and Nouns.

See "Spooky Words" and "Spooky Words A – Z" for other Word Banks to support atmospheric writing.

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