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Creepy Elements:
1 - Plot
2 - Dialogue

Members:
Ahmad
Brian
Uniique
Shilah
Janely
Diane

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1. The author is using ____ as a creepy element because...
2. The author describes...
3. In the text it states, "...".
4. This creates a creepy story because...

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Stefany - absent
Cynthia
Abby
Rose
Criss
Oliver

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Stefany -absent
Cynthia
Abby
Rose
Criss
Oliver

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Dylan
Alexander
Britany
Jocelyn C
Jesus
Antonio

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Ahmad
Brian
Uniique
Shilah
Janely
Diane

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Ahmad
Brian
Uniique
Shilah
Janely
Diane

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Isai
Francisco
Lindsay
Alexa
Michelle
Jocelyn B
Lisbet

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As we work on our IFL Unit, we will analyze a number of creepy elements the author's use to set the tone for their stories. Authors use many different elements to create the tone and mood of their stories. Today we are going to take a close look at some of those elements in The Most Important Night of Melonie's Life.

Each group will be given 2 Creepy Elements to look at. Each Creepy Element column has several passages which show examples of that element. Take a close look at those passages and choose one to write about. You will identify how the author used that element in that passage to create the tone of their writing.

You will complete one responses for EACH of the 2 Creepy Elements assigned to your group.

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Dylan
Alexander
Britany
Jocelyn C
Jesus
Antonio

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Isai
Francisco
Lindsay
Alexa
Michelle
Jocelyn B
Lisbet

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1. Verbal Irony - When someone says the opposite of what someone means
2. Situational Irony - When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens
3. Dramatic Irony - When the reader/audience knows something the characters do not

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Creepy Elements:
3 - Mood
4 - Characterization

Members:
Isai
Francisco
Lindsay
Alexa
Michelle
Jocelyn B
Lisbet

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When their parents were gone, silence fell over the house.

"It's like Home Alone," Mike said in a spooky voice.

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1. The author is using ____ as a creepy element because...
2. The author describes...
3. In the text it states, "...".
4. This creates a creepy story because...

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1. The author is using ____ as a creepy element because...
2. The author describes...
3. In the text it states, "...".
4. This creates a creepy story because...

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2. The author describes...
3. In the text it states, "...".
4. This creates a creepy story because...

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It was rain turning to sleet that night, and Ben was late. Dad stood in the front hail, jingling his car keys. "We ought to be there now," he said, "and the streets are glazing over." Mom was all dressed up and ready too

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When Melanie suspected she'd have to baby-sit her brothers, she made a plan to be over at April's house, She and April were best buds. Melanie had listened on the extension to hear her mother talking about the party she and Dad would be going to. It was a business thing, wives included. So Melanie was ready when her mother mentioned it.

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2. The author describes...
3. In the text it states, "...".
4. This creates a creepy story because...

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1. The author is using ____ as a creepy element because...
2. The author describes...
3. In the text it states, "...".
4. This creates a creepy story because...

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1. The author is using ____ as a creepy element because...
2. The author describes...
3. In the text it states, "...".
4. This creates a creepy story because...

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It was rain turning to sleet that night, and Ben was late. Dad stood in the front hail, jingling his car keys. "We ought to be there now," he said, "and the streets are glazing over." Mom was all dressed up and ready too

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It was rain turning to sleet that night, and Ben was late. Dad stood in the front hail, jingling his car keys. "We ought to be there now," he said, "and the streets are glazing over.

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Melanie knew she'd won when her mother sighed, “I sure miss Trish." Up until last summer they could count on Trish from next door, but now she was away at college. "I guess we'll have to find somebody else."

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Inside the helmet, a young man's piercing eyes met her gaze, but his voice was hollowed by the years. "I died too young, before I could love," he said. "Will you redeem me? Come away to share my lonely exile in a world beyond this one."

Ben's voice died out, and the crackling fire burned low.

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1. The author is using ____ as a creepy element because...
2. The author describes...
3. In the text it states, "...".
4. This creates a creepy story because...

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It was rain turning to sleet that night, and Ben was late. Dad stood in the front hail, jingling his car keys. "We ought to be there now," he said, "and the streets are glazing over."

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"Absolutely not. I have to be at April's. It's only the most important night of my life."

"What's happening at April's?" her mother asked.

Nothing was planned. April hadn't even sounded that happy about Melanie coming over, so Melanie said, "Mother, if you keep prying into my private life, I may have to go on drugs or something. Do I have to account to you for every minute? I'm fourteen."

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1. The author is using ____ as a creepy element because...
2. The author describes...
3. In the text it states, "...".
4. This creates a creepy story because...

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Creepy Elements:
5 - Setting
6 - Irony

Members
Dylan
Alexander
Britany
Jocelyn C
Jesus
Antonio

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1. The author is using setting as a creepy element because the boys are all alone and it is creepy.
2. The author describes the scene as silent after the parents left.
3. In the text it states, "When their parents were gone, silence fell over the house. 'It's like Home Alone," Mike said in a spooky voice.'"
4. This creates a creepy story because when the house is completely silent it is scary and uncomfortable for the boys.

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When their parents were gone, silence fell over the house.

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"Absolutely not. I have to be at April's. It's only the most important night of my life."

"What's happening at April's?" her mother asked.

Nothing was planned. April hadn't even sounded that happy about Melanie coming over, so Melanie said, "Mother, if you keep prying into my private life, I may have to go on drugs or something. Do I have to account to you for every minute? I'm fourteen."

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Ben hadn't taken off his flight jacket. He said he couldn't seem to warm up, so they decided to have a fire in the fireplace.

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“Ice crystals gleamed in his sideburns, and his eyes seemed to see farther than a kid’s”

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Their mother's hand covered her mouth. "Boys," Dad said, "the reason that Ben didn't come to sit for you tonight is that he had an accident. On his way here, he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. They found his body by the side of the road. He was dead before your mother and I ever left home tonight."

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"Hey, Melanie, clear out," Mike said. "We're telling stories. No girls allowed."

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Ben's hands were ice cold

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So her mother offered her the going baby-sitter rate with ten dollars on top to sweeten the deal.

Melanie turned her down flat. "It's a matter of principle. If I start baby-sitting the boys, you and Dad will be going out every month or so. I won't be a teenager. I'll be your slave. The twins are only nine, and the baby's seven. They're going to need sitting for years. I'll be an old woman by then."

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Creepy Elements:
7 - Foreshadowing
8 - Sensory Imagery

Members:
Stefany
Cynthia
Abby
Rose
Criss
Oliver

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1. The author is using dialogue as a creepy element because the boys are commenting on what it feels like to be alone.
2. The author describes the boys as saying being home by themselves is like the movie Home Alone.
3. In the text it states, "When their parents were gone, silence fell over the house. 'It's like Home Alone," Mike said in a spooky voice'".
4. This creates a creepy story because the boys are alone without their parents and anything could happen. In Home Alone, burglars came into the home and Kevin was all alone. In real life, that would be terrifying.

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They didn't even turn on the TV. They got out their baseball cards to show. Clem brought out the plastic dinosaur skeleton he'd put together from a kit. They had hot chocolate and a big bag of pretzels. Ben hadn't taken off his flight jacket. He said he couldn't seem to warm up, so they
decided to have a fire in the fireplace. He showed them how to lay it and let Clem light it.

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So her mother offered her the going baby-sitter rate with ten dollars on top to sweeten the deal.

Melanie turned her down flat. "It's a matter of principle. If I start baby-sitting the boys, you and Dad will be going out every month or so. I won't be a teenager. I'll be your slave. The twins are only nine, and the baby's seven. They're going to need sitting for years. I'll be an old woman by then."

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Her dream hand came out to lift the helmet's visor. There within, staring back at her, were the empty eye sockets of an ancient skull. Black beetles glittered in the sockets, but all other life had long fled. Her screams echoed down all the corridors you get in nightmares.

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Ben's hands were ice cold

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"And where's Melanie?" their mother asked, looking around. "Isn't she home yet?"

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"Yeah," she said in a voice nobody had ever heard from her. "They're nice little boys."

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"You probably drive," Mark said. "Did you drive over here?"

In those first moments Ben's mind seemed far away. "No, I walked," he said, "partway."

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"Honey, we've got to leave," her mother said. "Just hang around till Ben gets here."

Melanie smacked her own forehead. "You've got to be kidding. What if he doesn't show? Then I'm stuck here all evening with these dweebs. No way."

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"All my stories are too scary for you guys," he said, so they all yelled and pounded one another until Ben began, "It was a dark and stormy night."

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Then the boys put up an argument. "Hey, we don't need a sitter," the twins, Mike and Mark, said. "Give us the money and we'll sit Clem." Clem, the seven-year-old, said nothing, but looked pained that anybody thought he needed any supervision. "We're way too old for a baby-sitter," Mike and Mark said. "Add our ages together, and we're eighteen."

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Before they could work up a plan, they heard a sound outside. Feet scraping on the welcome mat. When they opened the front door, Ben was there, filling it up.

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Then they found out the baby-sitter was a guy. They didn't know him. His name was Ben, a nephew of the Hutchinsons', three streets over, visiting.

"What kind of guy baby-sits?" Melanie rolled her eyes.

"One who likes kids," a twin said.

"And money," the other one said.

Then they heard he was sixteen. "Wow," the twins said. "He'll be in high school."

"Cool," Clem said softly.

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"Are you all right?" she gasped, trying to pull Clem closer, "What have you been doing all this time? We just got word from the Hutchinsons."

"Who are they?" Mike asked.

"Ben's aunt and uncle. Oh, it's too terrible. Ben ... I shouldn't even tell you."

Their mother's hand covered her mouth. "Boys," Dad said, "the reason that Ben didn't come to sit for you tonight is that he had an accident. On his way here, he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. They found his body by the side of the road. He was dead before your mother and I ever left home tonight."

Now the eyes of all three of them, Mike and Mark and Clem, were perfect circles.

"And where's Melanie?" their mother asked, looking around. "Isn't she home yet?"

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Her dream hand came out to lift the helmet's visor. There within, staring back at her, were the empty eye sockets of an ancient skull. Black beetles glittered in the sockets, but all other life had long fled. Her screams echoed down all the corridors you get in nightmares.

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"We could run some movies," Mike said. "You ever see Nightmare on Elm Street?"

Ben looked down at them. "I've seen something scarier than that."

"What?" Clem said, hugging himself.

"You guys!" Ben said, and they all yelled and started punching one another because Ben was great.

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"We could run some movies," Mike said. "You ever see Nightmare on Elm Street?"

Ben looked down at them. "I've seen something scarier than that."

"What?" Clem said, hugging himself.

"You guys!" Ben said, and they all yelled and started punching one another because Ben was great.

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Her dream hand came out to lift the helmet's visor. There within, staring back at her, were the empty eye sockets of an ancient skull. Black beetles glittered in the sockets, but all other life had long fled. Her screams echoed down all the corridors you get in nightmares.

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They forgot how long they sat there, watching the fire flicker out. Then they heard the sound of a car, and right away the front door banged open again. Their mother and then their dad raced into the living room, coats flapping. They didn't wipe their feet or anything. Their mother dropped to her knees and tried to get her arms around all three of them.

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Inside the helmet, a young man's piercing eyes met her gaze, but his voice was hollowed by the years. "I died too young, before I could love," he said. "Will you redeem me? Come away to share my lonely exile in a world beyond this one."

Ben's voice died out, and the crackling fire burned low.

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[65] They were all hunkered down on the hearth, so now it was like a campfire. Mike said, "You know any stories? They got to be scary." Ben thought about that, rubbing his chin. He shaved.

"All my stories are too scary for you guys," he said, so they all yelled and pounded one another until Ben began, "It was a dark and stormy night."

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She seemed to be a bug caught in the beam of Ben's gaze.

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"Are you all right?" she gasped, trying to pull Clem closer, "What have you been doing all this time? We just got word from the Hutchinsons."

"Who are they?" Mike asked.

"Ben's aunt and uncle. Oh, it's too terrible. Ben ... I shouldn't even tell you." Their mother's hand covered her mouth. "Boys," Dad said, "the reason that Ben didn't come to sit for you tonight is that he had an accident. On his way here, he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. They found his body by the side of the road. He was dead before your mother and I ever left home tonight."

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They forgot how long they sat there, watching the fire flicker out. Then they heard the sound of a car, and right away the front door banged open again. Their mother and then their dad raced into the living room, coats flapping. They didn't wipe their feet or anything. Their mother dropped to her knees and tried to get her arms around all three of them.

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The author is using mood as a creepy element because Ben does not want to take off his flight jacket.
The author describes that something is going on with him because he does not want to take off his jacket even though it is warm in the house because they turn the fireplace on.
In the text it states " Ben hadn't taken off his flight jacket. He said he couldn't seem to warm up, so they decided to have a fire in the fireplace." This create a creepy story because he does not want to take off his flight jacket even though they turn the fireplace on and the house was warm.

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The author is using Mood as a creepy element because... the girl screamed.
The author describes Mood by showing how the girl screamed and it echoed across the corridors
In the text it states, "Her screams echoed down all the corridors you get in nightmares.".
This creates a creepy story because it shows that she is horrified and is screaming for her dear life.

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1. The author is using Sensory Imagery as a creepy element because misha says that his whole bpdy hurts and that his eyelashes were gunked in lice
2. The author describes the tickles that he has that he brushed away and they keep coming back.
3. In the text it states, "My nose tickled.My cheek. I brushed away the tickles. They came back."
4. This creates a creepy story because it shows how misha woke up and he was covered with lice an that gives me the tickles like misha had.

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The author is using setting as a creepy element because when the parents weren't at the house it was very quiet.  The author describes how it's quiet in the house once their parents were no longer in the house. In the text it states, "When their parents were gone, silence fell over the house." This creates a creepy story because the silence in the house is what makes the boys scared and uncomfortable.

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1. The author is using plot as a creepy element because when the boys found out that Ben was actually dead they were scared and confused because Melanie went with "Ben".

2. The author describes the story that Ben told as a plot because it happened Melanie followed Ben like in the Girl in the story and decided to go with the ghost.

3. In the text it states, "Their mother's hand covered her mouth. "Boys," Dad said, "the reason that Ben didn't come to sit for you tonight is that he had an accident. On his way here, he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. They found his body by the side of the road. He was dead before your mother and I ever left home tonight." ".

4. This creates a creepy story because Melanie went with someone that wasn't Ben and nobody would know where she was or where she was found.

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The author is using plot as a creepy element because it tells them Ben was a ghost the whole time and he never came.
The author describes how Ben never came and got in an accident and they were still in the house when he got in the accident.
In the text it states, "Boys," Dad said, "the reason that Ben didn't come to sit for you tonight is that he had an accident. On his way here, he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. They found his body by the side of the road. He was dead before your mother and I ever left home tonight".
This creates a creepy story because Ben was never alive and their parents never left so nobody was babysitting them.

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The author is using mood as a creepy element because Ben is describing how he does not want to take out his flight Jacket.
The author describes how Ben is saying that he does not want to take out his Jacket that can seem that something is wrong with him.
In the text it states, "Ben hadn't taken off his flight jacket.He said he couldn't seem to warm up,".
This creates a creepy story because if Ben says that he could not seem to warm up it tells that maybe Ben could be a different person or like a ghost because ghost are cold but he can also be something else that is not a ghost.

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1. The author is using Mood as a creepy element because Ben is telling the kids that he does not want to take off his flight jacket.
2. The author describes that something is going on because Ben does not want to take off his flight jacket when they put the fire on and it is warm in the house.
3. In the text it states " Ben hadn't taken off his flight jacket. He said he couldn't seem to warm up, so they decided to have a fire in the fireplace." This creates a creepy story because he does not want to take of his sweater because he is still cold even though they turn on the fireplace.

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The author is using mood as a creepy element because in the example Janina couldn't get happy and won't do normal things.
The author describes that she never leaves her room and can't get happy.
In the text it states, "She never left the room. She never spoke. She even stopped complaining. I combed her hair for hours each day, but I could not comb a smile onto her face. I was also losing my happy".
This creates a creepy story because it happened out of nowhere and Janina barely gets sad and could never stop complaining.

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The author is using irony as a creepy element because they made it seem like Ben was alive when he was dead. The author describes how the boys reacted when they found out that Ben was dead because they thought Ben was alive. In the text it states, "Now the eyes of all three of them, Mike and Mark and Clem, were perfect circles." This creates a creepy story because the boys don't know who they played with since Ben was dead.

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1. The author is using a setting as a creepy element because the parents weren't home and the house was so quiet.
2. The author describes how it was so quiet when the parents were not in the house.
3. In the text it states, "When their parents were gone silence fell over the house."
4. This creates a creepy story because when it is quiet it makes the boys afraid.

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The author is using mood  as a creepy element because in the example of Janina wouldn't be  happy ans wont do normal stuff
The author describes that she never leaves her room and wont be happy
In the text it states, ¨she never left the room.she never spoke.she even stopped  complaining ¨
This creates a creepy story because it came out as a surprise and out of nowhere because Janina never gets sad  and would never stop complaining

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1. The author is using plot as a creepy element because when the kids found out that Ben is dead they were scared because this whole time they were talking to a ghost and scared confused because Melanie went with Ben.
2. The author describes how Ben never came to the house to babysit them because he got in a car crash and he died.
3. In the text it states, " Their mother's hand covered her mouth. "Boys," Dad said, "the reason that Ben didn't come to sit for you tonight is that he had an accident. On his way here, he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. They found his body by the side of the road. He was dead before your mother and I ever left home tonight."
4. This creates a creepy story because the whole time they were talking to a ghost and never knew and also that their sister went with Ben so they are confused.

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1. The author is using dialogue as a creepy element because the parents have terrible news.
2. The author describes how terrible the news is by the parents being so worried.
3. In the text it states "Ben's aunt and uncle, Oh, it's too terrible. Ben ...  I shouldn't even tell you."
4. This creates a creepy story because the news is so terrible, she couldn't even tell her kids.

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1. The author is using foreshadowing as a creepy element because when the twins touch Ben's hand there is ice cold and maybe something happens to him.
2. The author describes that when people are dead their body becomes ice cold.
3. In the text it states, "Ben's hands were ice cold".
4. This creates a creepy story because there is some weird stuff about him and asking why Ben's hands are cold.

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1.  The author is using plot as a creepy element because the boy's thought they were playing and talking to Ben but it turns out Ben was actually dead and they were talking to a ghost.

2.  The author describes how Melanie's is with Ben and since Ben is dead that is his ghost just like in Ben's story the girl went with the ghost.

3. In the text it says "Their mother's hand covered her mouth. "Boys," Dad said, "the reason that Ben didn't come to sit for you tonight is that he had an accident. On his way here, he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. They found his body by the side of the road."

4. This creates a creepy story because this whole time they were talking to a ghost and everyone thought that was actually Ben.

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The author is using Foreshadowing as a creepy element because foreshadowing means that whatever is happening is a clue to something that might happen in the future .
The author describes and gives off clues that Ben might be a ghost.
In the text it states, "Bens hands were ice cold".
This creates a creepy story because finding a ghost on a cold night is scary

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The author is using settings as a creepy element because it  scares the reader.
The author describes how it is quiet in the house
In the text it states, "the house was quiet".
This creates a creepy story because it can tell the reader that its quiet

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The author is using setting as a creepy element because...when the parents are not home is silent
2. The author describes...it was so silent when the parents left
3. In the text it states, it was silents in the house
4. This creates a creepy story because... there house is not usually that quit

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1.The author is using setting as a creepy element because the time when the parents were not home the place was very quiet.
The author describes when the house was quiet when their parents weren't home
3. In the text it states, "..when their parents were gone, silence fell over the house.".
4. This creates a creepy story because

section because it is talking about how quiet and scary and that it makes the little kids afraid.

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1. The author is using Foreshadowing as a creepy element because it showing that ben was late to babysit and said that he had to walk partwayso that give the twins a hint.
2. The author describes that ben was late to babysitt the twins and clem and that melanie had to stay . 3. In the text it states, "It was rain turning to sleet that night, and ben was late. Dad stood in the front hail, jiggling his car keys.
4. This creates a creepy story because it shows the readers to question about his car because why would he walk partway?

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1. The author is using dialogue as a creepy element because when Mike dad and mom came they had really bad news and they looked so worried.
2. The author describes how bad the news was and how their faces looked when they came in the house.
3. In the text it states " "Are you all right?" she gasped, trying to pull Clem closer, "What have you been doing all this time? We just got word from the Hutchinsons."
"Who are they?" Mike asked.
"Ben's aunt and uncle. Oh, it's too terrible. Ben ... I shouldn't even tell you." Their mother's hand covered her mouth. "Boys," Dad said, "the reason that Ben didn't come to sit for you tonight is that he had an accident. On his way here, he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. They found his body by the side of the road. He was dead before your mother and I ever left home tonight."
This creates a creepy story because it is telling us that the news were really bad and how their face were it was so bad it looked like something bad happened like as if someone died.

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The author is using Dialogue as a creepy element because the parents aren't able to tell their kids about what had happened to Ben on his way to the house.
The author describes how the parents don't know how to tell the kids what happened to Ben.
In the text it states, "Ben's aunt and uncle. Oh, it's too terrible. Ben ... I shouldn't even tell you." Their mother's hand covered her mouth. "Boys," Dad said, "the reason that Ben didn't come to sit for you tonight is that he had an accident. On his way here,".
This creates a creepy story because Ben got in a accident but aren't able to tell the kids.

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1. The author is using Dialogue as a creepy element because the boys were going to know the truth about Ben.

2. The author describes how Ben was actually dead the whole time and that he wasn't alive.

3. In the text it states, "Ben's aunt and uncle. Oh, it's too terrible. Ben ... I shouldn't even tell you." Their mother's hand covered her mouth. "Boys," Dad said, "the reason that Ben didn't come to sit for you tonight is that he had an accident. On his way here, he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. They found his body by the side of the road. He was dead before your mother and I ever left home tonight."

4. This creates a creepy story because the boys were left with someone they didn't know and they could've been in danger.

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The author is using Characterization as a creepy element because Melanie is describing how April was not happy when Melanie came to April's house.
The author describes how April was not happy when Melanie went to her house that shows that something is wrong with April and Melanie.
In the text it states, "Nothing was planned. April hadn't even sounded that happy about Melanie coming over, so Melanie said "Mother, if you keep prying into my private life,".
This creates a creepy story because we can then tell that something is going to happen between April and Melanie if April does not want Melanie at April's house.

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1. The author is using Foreshadowing as a creepy element because He shaked The twins hands and his hand was  ice cold.
2. The author describes Ben's hands as cold because he wants his readers to know that He walked Half way.
3. In the text it states, "He reached down and shook hands with all of them.
4. This creates a creepy story because Ben was in a car accident and he was laying in the middle of the road dead and Melanie is walking with a ghost.