Definition
insidious
proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
Simile
Comparing two or more things using the words like or as
Tone
Often gloomy and unsettling
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same sound or letter at the beginning of sequential words.
Disenthral
To set someone free from slavery
Metaphor
Comparing two or more things without using the words like or as
Conflicts
Supernatural vs self self vs self society vs self
Assonance
Repetition of sound or vowel
Disembogue
To emerge or pour out
Personification
Giving human like characteristics to a non-human entity
Emotions
Often intense and serious
Where particular words are repeated throughout the work or stanza
Coriaceous
Like leather
Oxymoron
Using two contradicting words to describe something or something that makes sense
Romance
Large amounts in many Gothic Novels
Rhyme
Words that end in the same noises
Autotomy
the casting off of a limb or other part of the body by an animal under threat, such as a lizard
Hyperbole
Exaggerating something within a sentence
Architecture
Usually consisting of spiral staircases, long hall ways, dark places.
Stanzas
Groups or lines of poetry