Compare what Child and Slaughter think about suspense. Based on their ideas and your own ideas about suspense, explain what you think is the most effective way to build suspense.

Answer:

Child’s idea that suspense is created through delaying answers is the most effective way to create suspense. People can’t help but want to know answers. This is true whether or not they care about the people in the story. However, Child seems to think any unanswered questions create suspense, and I think the questions have to be about bad or dangerous situations.