What technique does child recommend an author use
to create suspense?
creating strong characters
(you notice i haven't told you what the invention was yet?
i implied a question, and didn't answer it. you're waiting.
you're wondering, what did almost no one have in 1980
that almost everyone had in 1990? you're definitely going
to read the next paragraph, aren't you? thus the principle
works in a micro sense, as well as in a macro one. page to
page, paragraph to paragraph, line to line - even within
single sentences - imply a question first, and then answer
it second. the reader learns to chase, and the momentum
becomes unstoppable.)
-"a simple way to create suspense,"
lee child
delaying answers to questions
sequencing in chronological order
flashing back to events in the past

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.