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  **This is great! She really get's it. :)**  **Linda Mai**

**Group Assignment #1 ~ Friday, December 2nd, 2011**

1.) A.Suspense- a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in a waiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.

B.Foreshadowing- a warning or indication of a future event; hints and clues that tip off a reader to what will happen later. 2.) Four examples of suspense are listed below with page numbers: "The wicked shall be turned into hell." (page 38, chapter 2) "He thought to himself: 'He'll ask me now if I was old enough to be in the War. These old boys always do.' But General Macarthur did not mention the War." (page 22, chapter 2) "One or two of your old cronies are coming-would like to have a talk over old times." (page 9, chapter 1)

"But there, as it happens, he was wrong...." (page 16, chapter 1)

3.) Four examples of foreshadowing are listed below with page numbers: "The old man stood in the doorway. He raised a solemn hand and blinked his bleary eyes. 'Watch and pray. The day of judgement is at hand.'" (page 15, chapter 1)  "Ten little Indian boys went out to dine;One choked his little self and then there were nine.Nine little Indian boys sat up very late;One overslept himself and then there were eight.Eight little Indian boys traveling in Devon;One said he’d stay there and then there were seven.Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks;One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.Six little Indian boys playing with a hive;A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.Five little Indian boys going in for law,One got in Chancery and then there were four.Four little Indian boys going out to sea;A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.Three little Indian boys walking in the Zoo;A big bear hugged one and then there were two.Two little Indian boys sitting in the sun;On got frizzled up and then there was one.One little Indian boy left all alone;He went and hanged himself and then there were none." (page 27, chapter 2) "Queer business when you came to think about it- the whole thing was queer- very queer..." (page 26, chapter 2) <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">"Vera frowned. Eight people in the house- ten with the host and hostess- and only one married couple to do for them." (page 29, chapter 2) <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">4.) I chose the following passages because they fit very well with the sections of suspense and foreshadowing. In the first section, suspense, I chose the first ("The wicked shall be turned into hell.") because it says that bad people are supposed to "go to hell" practically. In the book, one by one they are going to be killed off. They all have committed murder at one point, which makes them bad, and they are going to die for it. In the second passage ("He thought to himself: 'He'll ask me now if I was old enough to be in the War. These old boys always do.' But General Macarthur did not mention the War."), it creates a feeling of uneasiness and uncertainty. In the third passage ("One or two of your old cronies are coming-would like to have a talk over old times."), it creates a suspense that there is possibly going to be people there that he knows, which can create some uncertainty about the people and whether or not this is truth or lie. The fourth passage ("But there, as it happens, he was wrong....") creates a question. Its dangling over the edge, but hasn't fallen over. It is "suspended". It could also be a foreshadowing as well. Foreshadowing was less difficult to find. It suggests something (bad or good; important or unimportant) is going to happen The first passage ("The old man stood in the doorway. He raised a solemn hand and blinked his bleary eyes. 'Watch and pray. The day of judgement is at hand.'") tells you something bad is going to happen, the day of judgment, which is the day that you die. It says that his death is near and it is inevitable. In the second passage, the poem, it tells a story of ten indians (which stand as the ten people) and how each of them is "finished off". It creates a palette for the story to be painted on. Each person has his or her indian and each is eventually going to be murdered. In the third ("Queer business when you came to think about it- the whole thing was queer- very queer..."), not just this one character, but all of them, feels there is something wrong with the island, which is telling us that maybe something bad is going to happen. All have and eerie feeling. In the last passage ("Vera frowned. Eight people in the house- ten with the host and hostess- and only one married couple to do for them."), Vera is questioning the logic of her stay at the island. It doesn't make sense. None of them know each other, or the hosts for that matter; and, they are only going to be taken care of by two people? Sounds suspicious that nobody knows much of anything. In the first and second chapters, there are lots of foreshadowings and plenty of suspense. It was easy finding them! I think we might be in for a very creepily entertaining ride! <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wow! Great choices and great explanations! You have discovered quite a few examples of people/events/details that you might want to tuck away for future chapters/predictions. The foundation has been laid...we'll build as we go and see if we can make some sense of this! Nicely done, Sarah. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mrs. M <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">12-9-11 <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Go back to my Reading page!