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Raise the stakes and give your characters more than they can handle. Pile on the problems with minor battles, small losses, and small wins. The suspense will build up to a climax and before the reader realizes it, the characters are in grave danger. Allow your character realize how to solve the conflict. The revelation should be the result of a build-up of details in the scene or story and should not be jarring or feel random to the reader. The climax is a turning point or crisis in the story. The climax in a horror story might be a danger or threat to the character’s physical, psychological, emotional, or spiritual well-being. In Poe’s short story, the climax of the story occurs at the very end. Poe applies more and more pressure to the narrator by having the police visit him. He uses the narrator’s internal struggle to keep his cool and achieve his desire of getting away with murder to create a climax. But by the end of the story, the narrator’s guilt pushes him over the edge and he reveals the body under the floorboards. A good twist in a horror story can make or break the story. The twist is an action that the reader doesn’t expect, such as a character that we thought was a hero is actually a villain., The very end of your story is the time to wrap up loose ends.  But scary stories often don’t tie up loose ends. This can be effective because it leaves the reader wondering about certain things. Did the killer get caught? Does the ghost really exist? Leaving the reader hanging can be a good plot device, as long as the reader isn’t confused by the ending.  While you want to create a satisfying ending for the reader, you also do not want to make it too closed and settled. The reader should walk away from the story with a lingering feeling of uncertainty. Consider if the ending feels like a surprise or an obvious answer. The key to suspense if not to answer the dramatic question too soon. Poe’s short story ends on a high note because the outcome of the narrator’s dilemma is revealed in the last line of the story. The suspense in the story is sustained until the very end.

summary: Build up to a climax. Give your character a moment of realization. Write the climax. Add a twist ending. Decide how you want to end your story.


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Wash the pitcher in the sink with hot soapy water. Plastic Brita pitchers are not made to withstand excessively hot water, so never clean your Brita filter by putting it in the dishwasher. If you do, your pitcher is likely to melt and warp, making it useless. When you wash the pitcher, use a basic dishwashing soap that is non-abrasive. Any type of liquid dish soap with mild cleaning ingredients works fine. Use a soft cloth or sponge as opposed to steel wool or any other harsh scrubbers. Dawn, Palmolive, and Joy are examples of mild dish soaps which are good to use. After you have washed the pitcher, rinse it thoroughly. To let the pitcher dry, set it upside down in a drying rack or on a clean towel on your counter or table. Drying the pitcher with a towel may leave small fibers which will get into your water. If you are in a hurry, dry the pitcher with a paper towel to avoid leaving cloth fibers.

summary: Wash the pitcher by hand. Use a mild dish detergent and a soft cloth. Rinse the pitcher and dry it upside down.


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The first step when you see a medical professional will be to receive a detailed clinical exam. Your doctor will assess your ability to read and to understand language, as well as your ability to speak and to effectively articulate your thoughts.  In addition to examining your language and communication abilities, your doctor will do a full mental and neurological exam to assess for any other cognitive or brain-related abnormalities. Your doctor will ask you questions about how you are functioning in day-to-day life, and areas of your life that have been impacted by your condition. The reason that your doctor will ask so many questions and perform such a detailed exam is mainly to rule out the possibility of other conditions. If other areas of your life are affected, and if you show other signs of mental deterioration, you may have another condition such as Alzheimer's disease which has more widespread manifestations than simply affecting language and communication.  Alzheimer's disease is the main disease that is confused diagnostically with progressive aphasia.  The main difference between the two is that Alzheimer's disease is a widespread form of dementia that will negatively impact many areas of your life, such as memory, language and communication, knowing appropriate social behaviour, and being able to perform tasks required for day-to-day life. Progressive aphasia, on the other hand, presents as a decline only in language and communication abilities (it is only this area of the brain that is damaged, which differs from a more widespread form of dementia). Therefore, declines in function will ALL be related to language and communication issues, with little to no memory problems or other concerns. As part of the diagnostic process, you will most likely receive either a head CT scan or an MRI. This is because, in addition to ruling out other mental conditions, your doctor will want to rule out potential signs of a stroke or traumatic brain injury. This is best done with the combination of a neurological exam and imaging techniques (either CT or MRI).  If your CT or MRI is consistent with the possibility of progressive aphasia, and your clinical exam supports this as well (i.e. your clinical exam shows mental deterioration associated with language and communication only, and affecting no other areas of your life), your doctor will assign you a diagnosis of progressive aphasia. It is key to understand that progressive aphasia cannot officially be diagnosed (i.e. proven) until the time of autopsy (that is, following death when doctors look at your brain and evaluate the specific areas of brain damage).  Similarly, other forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's Disease also cannot be officially diagnosed until after death, at the time of autopsy. They are all "clinical diagnoses," meaning that your doctor will evaluate the imaging results (from CT or MRI) combined with your clinical signs and symptoms and assign you the best possible diagnosis that accounts for everything, as far as he or she can tell. This is also why regular follow-up exams are important, to see if any of your signs or symptoms change. For instance, if you initially presented to your doctor with only language and communication deficits, and subsequently begin experiencing significant memory loss and other cognitive problems, your diagnosis may be changed in light of the new symptoms you are experiencing.
summary: Receive a detailed clinical exam. Rule out other conditions that may present similarly. Have a head CT or MRI.