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The Red Room Analysis

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The Red Room Analysis Curtis Pye 10.1 English In this essay I will be analysing the short story "The Red Room" which was written be H.G Wells in 1896. I'm going to be looking at what techniques he uses to build tension, and also be looking to see if it's a successful ghost story or not. There are many different ways in which writers can build tension and keep the readers attention, some of these ways are; Long descriptions that get the readers attention, and give imagery to the reader using adjectives, verbs and adverbs, the writer may also use stereotypical settings or characters that create tension and gloomy feelings to the story, or maybe they use short sentences, to create pace in the scene or to show sudden action. The opening sets the scene, and introduces the plot and the characters. The first sentence of the story...

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