An Analysis Of Sarah Ellis's 'Gore'
Crafting a good suspenseful story takes hard work, dedication and skill, and an author
known as Sarah Ellis has mastered the art of suspense. Sarah Ellis, the author of “Gore”, used
many tools in her task to create suspenseful stories like, “Gore”. This essay will point out the
various tools that Sarah Ellis used. Sarah Ellis has shown mastery in many fields in the
suspense genre, but this essay will shine the spotlight on the three tools she used in “Gore”
such as imagery, foreshadowing, and dialogue.
The first point will state, how Sarah Ellis uses the tool called, dialogue, to create the
feeling of suspense. She really portrays this with the constant screaming and yelling throughout
some of the dialogue within the story. An …show more content…
This comparison can
assist the reader in having a better understanding of how the room looks like by using another
thing to compare the room too. This in turn can also improve the visualization of the room as
well. Now to continue on to the next paragraph, where next tool will be foreshadowing.
Sarah Ellis uses foreshadowing to invoke the feeling of suspense in the reader. She
demonstrates this by using subtle foreshadowing in the story, such as, “ Isn’t that excellent? I
read it again. Sometimes, I like to do that with R.L Tankard-”(Ellis, 4) She uses this quote and
the scene in general to foreshadow the basis of the entire story such as the idea of a
psychological battle in between Amy and Lucas, and the plot twist shown at the end of the story.
She also used the characters speech to foreshadow the upcoming events in the story shown in
the few dialogues of Lucas such as, “Very dramatic, Lady Macbeth.”(Ellis, 6) and “Hey fink-face!
What are you doing out there? Demolition Derby?”(Ellis, 7) and also “Amy? You’re just kidding,
aren’t you? That was pretty good. You know if you weren’t so funny looking you could …show more content…
The reader can now infer that Lucas will most likely leave the bathroom to either escape or save
Amy, which does happen in the story afterwards when Lucas bursts through the bathroom door
to look for Amy, while Amy quickly runs into the bathroom to retrieve her stolen book.
Within this long essay, Sarah Ellis has proved that she can create suspense by utilizing
the tools, foreshadowing, imagery and, dialogue to create an air of suspense. She used many
tactics to create many different suspenseful scenarios within the short story, which made the
story far more enjoyable and enticing to read. Sarah Ellis has proved her mastery in the art of
suspense time and time again, and used the following tactics; foreshadowing, imagery and
dialogue to amplify the overall suspense within the story, “Gore”. She used imagery to create a
feeling a suspense by having the reader visualize the happenings of the story,she used dialogue
to create a sense of unease within the reader and she used foreshadowing to give hints of
known as Sarah Ellis has mastered the art of suspense. Sarah Ellis, the author of “Gore”, used
many tools in her task to create suspenseful stories like, “Gore”. This essay will point out the
various tools that Sarah Ellis used. Sarah Ellis has shown mastery in many fields in the
suspense genre, but this essay will shine the spotlight on the three tools she used in “Gore”
such as imagery, foreshadowing, and dialogue.
The first point will state, how Sarah Ellis uses the tool called, dialogue, to create the
feeling of suspense. She really portrays this with the constant screaming and yelling throughout
some of the dialogue within the story. An …show more content…
This comparison can
assist the reader in having a better understanding of how the room looks like by using another
thing to compare the room too. This in turn can also improve the visualization of the room as
well. Now to continue on to the next paragraph, where next tool will be foreshadowing.
Sarah Ellis uses foreshadowing to invoke the feeling of suspense in the reader. She
demonstrates this by using subtle foreshadowing in the story, such as, “ Isn’t that excellent? I
read it again. Sometimes, I like to do that with R.L Tankard-”(Ellis, 4) She uses this quote and
the scene in general to foreshadow the basis of the entire story such as the idea of a
psychological battle in between Amy and Lucas, and the plot twist shown at the end of the story.
She also used the characters speech to foreshadow the upcoming events in the story shown in
the few dialogues of Lucas such as, “Very dramatic, Lady Macbeth.”(Ellis, 6) and “Hey fink-face!
What are you doing out there? Demolition Derby?”(Ellis, 7) and also “Amy? You’re just kidding,
aren’t you? That was pretty good. You know if you weren’t so funny looking you could …show more content…
The reader can now infer that Lucas will most likely leave the bathroom to either escape or save
Amy, which does happen in the story afterwards when Lucas bursts through the bathroom door
to look for Amy, while Amy quickly runs into the bathroom to retrieve her stolen book.
Within this long essay, Sarah Ellis has proved that she can create suspense by utilizing
the tools, foreshadowing, imagery and, dialogue to create an air of suspense. She used many
tactics to create many different suspenseful scenarios within the short story, which made the
story far more enjoyable and enticing to read. Sarah Ellis has proved her mastery in the art of
suspense time and time again, and used the following tactics; foreshadowing, imagery and
dialogue to amplify the overall suspense within the story, “Gore”. She used imagery to create a
feeling a suspense by having the reader visualize the happenings of the story,she used dialogue
to create a sense of unease within the reader and she used foreshadowing to give hints of