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One of the elements of Gothic literature is ___________ settings like decaying castles, haunted houses, and trapdoors or cellars.
supernatural
gloomy
isolation
fear
What is the meaning of the word isolation?
in a crowd
left alone
packaging that keeps something cold
Examples of pathetic fallacy include all of the following except...
Wind howling
Violent thunder storm
Raining outside
Woman crying
Which of the following is not a typically Gothic setting?
Church
Castle
Wild remote place
Shopping centre
Fill in the blank: The author uses _______ to suggest what may happen next in the story.
Forward showing
Foreshadowing
Similes
Cats
This is when the questioner knows the answer already, or an answer is not actually demanded
rhetorical question
dialogue question
rhyming question
a feeling that something bad will happen
foreshadow
foreboding
something that was before
Choose the correct difference between foreboding and foreshadowing
forebode= something great will happen &
foreshadow= something bad will happen
forebode= something interesting will happen &
foreshadow= something great will happen
forebode= something bad will happen &
foreshadow= something will happen
a feeling of thoughtful sadness, typically with no obvious cause
melancholy
melon ball
mellifluous
The mood of nature reflects the type of events or a character's emotions, in the narrative.
personification
pathetic fallacy
emotive language
pathetic writing
One way to annotate is to create ______ that you have about the text.
questions
unfamiliar words
connections
themes
Which of the following best describes the word 'prosaic'?
Professional
Old fashioned
Poetic
Dull and unimaginative
"Like and old wound, it gave off a faint twinge now and again". What kind of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Which of these words is the odd one out?
blithe
dreary
uneasy
depressed
Mournful or dismal
mirthful
festive
modest
lugubrious
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