Elements Of Horror
Element of horror that houses fear, isolation, and supernatural suspense?
Castle
What Literary Device is this?
"Carrie had stood among them solidly, a frog among swans."
A Metaphor
By calling Carrie a "frog" and the others "Swans," King is making a comparison without using "Like" or "As."
Element of horror that is a bodily substance?
Blood
What Literary Device is this?
"the place might have been an Egyptian bathhouse except for the constant rumble of the Jacuzzi whirlpool in the corner."
Allusion and Juxaposition
This sentence puts the ancient, historical image of the bathhouse next to a modern "Jacuzzi whirlpool." The contrast emphasizes how the setting feels like its in another time, interrupted only by a modern luxury.
Element of horror that is defined as confinement or trapping a character with no means of escape?
Entrapment
What Literary Device is this?
"sue snell had whipped a towel from her hair with the speed of a magician embarking on a wondrous feat and began to cob rapidly."
A Simile
The phrase "with the speed of a magician embarking on a wondrous feat" uses "of " to create a direct comparison between Sue's mundane action (removing a towel) a magicians performance.
Element of horror that goes beyond the visible and defy's natural laws or scientific understanding?
Supernatural
What Literary Device is this?
"then the laughter, disgusted, contemptuous, horrified, seemed to rise and bloom into something jagged and ugly."
Personification
The laughter is treated as a living thing that can "rise and bloom".
Element of horror that is final and violent?
Death
What Literary Device is this?
"her mind had...had...flexed. That was just not right, but it was very close. There had been a curious mental bending almost like an elbow curling a dumbbell."
A Simile
By comparing metal bending to weightlifting. King makes an invisible, psychic event feel heavy, strained, and muscular.