Suspense and Conflict are two of the five elements of literature that make up a story. Suspense adds the feeling the fears of what will happen next. Conflict makes a question interesting by making the reader ask questions like "why or who." Conflict can bring disruption and a turn to a story. Conflict can create suspense in a story when it challenges the reader to guess what might happen as a result of the conflict. …showed first 75 words of 532 total…

…showed last 75 words of 532 total…been beat up the first time. It leaves the reader wondering if it will happen again or not. Suspense is used in every story not just in mysteries and horrors. A story cannot make sense if it does not have the elements of literature. The author has to make the reader understand and be involved with the book. Conflict and suspense can play the largest part in a story but the don't necessarily have to.