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title: "Super Suspense and Terrifying Tension!"
url: "https://waterside-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2023-06-12-17-30-00-super-suspense-and-terrifying-tension"
school: "Waterside Primary School"
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# Super Suspense and Terrifying Tension!

  ![Image of Super Suspense and Terrifying Tension! ](https://files.schudio.com/waterside-primary-school/images/blog/image(7).jpg)  12 June 2023

To enable our writing to have appropriate vocabulary within, we looked at how to use suspense and tension within narrative writing. We used skills such as show not tell, figurative language and a range of clause structures to build appropriate suspense and tension up within our writing.

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