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The 24 pages that link to Cliffhanger, each with the reason it gives.

• SuspenseBroader topic: It concentrates suspense at a break in the narrative.

• SerializationRelated: Installments often end on cliffhangers to build anticipation for the next release.

• Soap operaRelated: Unresolved episode endings encourage audiences to return for the next installment.

• Narrative structureRelated: Withholding resolution turns a structural boundary into a source of suspense.

• Adventure fictionRelated: Serial adventures use cliffhangers to carry suspense from one episode to the next.

• Penny dreadfulRelated: Unresolved danger encouraged readers to buy the next issue.

• Episodic narrativeCompared with: It creates dependence on the next installment, reducing an episode's self-containment.

• Serial fictionRelated: Installments often end on cliffhangers to encourage audiences to return for the next part.

• ThrillerRelated: Thrillers use unresolved chapter or episode endings to prolong tension.

• Monday Night WarsRelated: Unresolved endings encouraged viewers to tune in the following week.

• TelenovelaRelated: Episode endings use suspense to pull the continuous plot forward.

• Serial novelRelated: Installments often end at moments of danger or uncertainty to encourage readers to return.

• Plot twistCompared with: A cliffhanger postpones an answer; a twist supplies an unexpected development.

• Superhero comicRelated: Installments often end on unresolved threats that encourage continued serialization.

• Damsel in distressRelated: Peril to the heroine creates an immediate suspense point that delays resolution.

• Thriller filmRelated: Thrillers use unresolved peril to propel stories between scenes and acts.

• Louis FeuilladeRelated: Feuillade frequently ended episodes at moments that encouraged audiences to return.

• Irna PhillipsRelated: Phillips used unresolved turns to encourage audiences to return for the next installment.

• Zeigarnik effectRelated: Unresolved story goals may encourage attention to continue beyond the interruption.

• Days of Our LivesRelated: Episode endings encourage audiences to return for unresolved Salem storylines.

• Eugène SueRelated: Sue’s installment endings helped maintain anticipation between newspaper issues.

• James PattersonRelated: Patterson's short chapters often end on turns that propel the plot forward.

• Paul HarveyRelated: Harvey often delayed the key identity or fact until the close of a story.

• R. L. StineRelated: Stine often ends chapters with abrupt revelations that encourage continued reading.