It's Lit(erature)
A feature included in gothic literature
What is...
wild and remote places
dark and gloomy settings
graveyards, tombs, corpses, death, etc.
family curses and dark secrets
supernatural powers and/or interference
mysterious and frightening creatures and/or people
old, ruined, isolated castles and/or mansions, often with secret passages and mysterious towers
nightmares, madness and mental torment science used for evil or disastrous purposes
worrying and unusual events (storms, full moons, etc.)
the turning point. The most exciting moment.
what is the climax?
a common type of literary element used in poetry.
What is....
metaphor
imagery
rhyme scheme
alliteration
meter
The element that describes the structure of a story; shows an arrangements of events
what is plot?
a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
what is tone?
a brief fictional narrative with a fully developed theme
the conclusion; the tying together of all threads
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
what is a stanza?
a person or player in a story
what is a character?
the part of the general public interested in something
whwat is the audience?
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
the series of conflicts leading up to the high point.
What is the rising action?
mental picture which are created by word descriptions
what is imagery?
clues used to alert the reader about events that will happen in the future
what is foreshadowing?
a means of communication by the use of sounds or symbols
what is language?
a category or works characterized by style, form, or content
what is a genre?
all of the events following the high point.
what is the falling action?
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
What is rhyme scheme?
the meaning of a story
what is the theme?
a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
what is inference?
"nemo me impune lacessit," or "no one attacks me with impunity"
What is the Montresor family motto?
the start of the story. How it is before the action gets started.
what is exposition?
Step ____: Take notes on the elements of form in the poem (stanza, rhyme scheme, pattern).
What is step 2 of poetry annotation?
repeated consonant sound at the beginning of words or within words, usually with three words (i.e. green glass door)
what is alliteration
the form of a word after all affixes are removed
what is a root word?