What does suspense mean?

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1. apprehension about what is going to happen
2. an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years"
3. excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense"

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1. One of the premier programs of the Golden Age of Radio (now known as old-time radio), Suspense advertised itself as "radio's oustanding theater of thrills" and was heard in one form or another from 1942 through 1962. There were approximately 945 episodes broadcast during its long run.

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1. Tension again. Similar to thrillers, but the danger is more likely to be psychological than physical, based more on expectation or fear of harm than on frankly hazardous situations. In this type of story, the main character is normally an innocent caught up in danger – think of North by Northwest. This is an area that may get blended with a touch or horror, which comes under the term "Gothic".

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1. A way of holding funding for a budgeted position because an employee has temporarily reduced his/her percentage of time, or been given a temporary promotion, or the department is temporarily paying an employee on a different FAU.

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1. That quality of a literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events. Suspense makes the reader ask "What will happen next?". Suspense is greatest when it focuses attention on a sympathetic character. Thus, the most familiar kind of suspense involves a character hanging form the lee of a tall building, or tied to a railroad tracks as a train approaches.

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1. A feeling of curiosity or expectation, often tinged with anxiousness, created by raising questions about the outcome of events.

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1. the sustained interest in a narrative or drama created by delaying the resolution of the conflict.

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1. Tension in the plot that makes the audience anxious.

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1. a reader's anxious uncertainty about a decision or event in a literary work

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1. a state of excitement or apprehension created by the pacing and sequencing of scenes, through the raising of a protagonist’s emotional or physical stakes, or through the creation of jeopardy situations for a protagonist.

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1. is often an element in narration: the pleasurable expectation or anxiety we feel that keeps us reading a story. In an exciting mystery story, suspense is constant: How will it all turn out? Will the detective get to the scene in time to prevent another murder? But there can be suspense in less melodramatic accounts as well.

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1. n. the anticipation of the reader or the audience as to the outcome of the events of a short story, a novel or a drama; suspense is a device used to stimulate and maintain interest.

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1. an excitement as to a decision or outcome of an event in a work

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Tension

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