In this unit, you examined how authors keep us on the edge of our seats through mystery, tension, and surprise. From your reading, which texts were successful in keeping you engaged through mystery, tension, and surprise? Why were the authors of those texts so successful?
Think about a technique authors can use to create mystery, tension, and suspense. Compare and contrast how two authors from this unit used that technique. You may wish to connect their technique to plot, theme, or another literary element you studied this unit. Which of these authors kept you most on the edge of your seat and how?
In this unit, you explored how authors draw upon or transform source material or older works. What changes did you notice after the authors transformed the source material? How did the transformed materials engage a new audience?

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Games at Twilight
by Anita Desai
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"New Chicago"
by Kelley Armstrong
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The Monkey's Paw
by W. W. Jacobs

Read the excerpt from "how i learned english.” and that was important, as important as joe barone asking me how i was through his tears, picking me up and dusting me off with hands like swatters, what does the imagery in the excerpt best readers picture? the awful stinging sensation of being dusted off the quick slapping motion of joe’s hands how roughly the speaker is pulled off the ground how loud and hard joe is laughing

Diego rivera was a famous artist from mexico. most of his paintings were murals. murals are paintings that are made directly on a wall. rivera thought that all people should be able to see beautiful art, not just people who could afford to go to museums. this is why he painted most of his murals on the walls of public buildings

For the strangers that came to town you will write a paragraph explaining the main conflict. you will also compare and contrast the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. view the grading rubric as you complete your assignment. this is your guide to a super submission. for this assignment, use the novel or short story you chose to read for module 5. write a paragraph explaining the conflict and the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. review the example in the lesson. be sure your paragraph mentions the title and author in the first sentence briefly summarizes the plot identifies the main conflict describes the protagonist’s perspective on the conflict provides a line of dialogue that the protagonist says to support your idea (text support) describes the antagonist’s perspective of the conflict provide a line of dialogue that the antagonist says to support your idea (text support) includes a closing line to summarize the character’s views uses correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling