Literary Devices
Grammar
Gothic Literature
Gothic Themes
The Fall Of The House Of Usher
100

What literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase?

Alliteration. 

100

What is the term for a noun that names a general item rather than a specific one?

Common Noun.

100

Who is considered the earliest author of Gothic literature?

Horace Walpole

100

What theme shows mental distress?

Madness.

100

This is the name of the narrator’s friend in "The Fall of the House of Usher."

Who is Roderick Usher

200

Identify the device that gives human traits to non-human things.

Personification.

200

What is the grammatical term for a word that describes a noun?

Adjective.

200

What kind of atmosphere is commonly found in Gothic literature?

Dark

200

What theme shows being alone?

Isolation.

200

Who was the author of the Fall of the House of Usher?

Who is Edgar Allan Poe

300

What is a figure of speech that involves exaggeration for emphasis?

Hyperbole.

300

A person, place, or thing.

Noun.

300

What type of character is often featured in Gothic literature, representing fear and obsession?

A villain

300

What theme shows rotting or falling apart?

Decay.

300

What happens to the Usher family home at the end?

What is it collapses

400

A word that imitates the sound it represents (e.g., "buzz," "clang").

Onomatopoeia

400

What is the term for the word that takes the place of a noun?

Pronoun.

400

Who authored Frankenstein?

Who is Mary Shelley

400

What are twins in Gothic Literature called?

Doppelganger.

400

This character serves as Roderick Usher’s twin sister and experiences a mysterious illness throughout the story.

Who is Madeline Usher

500

What literary device involves an indirect reference to another work or a well-known person?

Allusion.

500

What is the term for combining two sentences incorrectly with just a comma?

Comma Splice

500

This is the medical condition Madeline Usher suffers from in "The Fall of the House of Usher."

What is catelpsy

500

What contrasts beauty and horror?

Sublime.

500

This is the reason the narrator visits the House of Usher.

What is to help with Roderick's illness

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