The titles that guide us set up expectations nearly impossible to fulfill.
Over time this pattern has set up expectations among viewers, Mr. Metcalf said.
Each movement flows along inevitably, but with framing devices — a falling chord progression, a snarling brass chorale — which set up expectations that, in turn, invite surprise.
Then came the first of his crackling, speeded-up dance beats, used not just for momentum but to set up expectations that he could knock around.
"Horror can be very similar to comedy, the way you set up expectations and lead the audience down a path," Mr. Raimi said.
Each new race chapter you enter is prefixed with a slickly-narrated overview complete with racing trivia, but it's a shame that these short scenes set up expectations that the game never quite hits.
The Crew's convincing opening day road win against DC has set up expectations nicely for their home opener, while the Union are looking very dangerous, not least due to Sebastian LeToux rediscovering the form that at one point made him such a threat for the Union (before Peter Novak sent him on his travels).
In an interview at his studio in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Mr. Fitch said, "We are trying to set up expectations and destroy them as quickly as we possibly can so that we get into a realm where nobody really knows what to expect".
But when I interviewed Ruth David Konigsberg, the author of The Truth About Grief, who has investigated the five stages, she told me it could also set up expectations amongst the grief-stricken that they should be feeling a particular way.
He will need to take up some position in the speech situation; at the very least he will specify his own communication role and (will) set up expectations for that of the hearer – in terms of statements, questions, response and the like.
