Gothic Authors
He wrote "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Edgar Allen Poe
Pencil, pen, spoon
Noun
Medieval castles and gothic architecture are frequent
The word the raven repeats at the end of several stanzas
"Nevermore."
A form of writing used to express ideas through emotions and imagery
Poetry
This is where the Gothic literary genre originated
England
Adjectives
Contrasts of light and dark elements, decaying settings, castles, cemeteries, etc.
Dark, mysterious atmosphere
Poe uses this literary technique in many stanzas by saying phrases more than once
Repetition
Any writing with standard sentence and grammatical structure
Prose
Name an American Gothic author
Run, skip, jump, hop
Verbs
Examples of this element include ghosts, omens, other worldly beings
Supernatural Elements
The dead maiden that the narrator has lost
Lenore
Instead of paragraphs, poetry has these
Stanzas
This story is considered the first Gothic novel
The Castle of Otranto
Quickly, curiously, passionately
Adverbs
Characters with a good side vs. evil/dark side, character who is two-faced
Doppleganger and Duality
What the narrator sees when he opens the chamber door in stanza 4
Nothing / Darkness
In poetry, for example: alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme
Sound devices
She wrote one of the earliest examples of science fiction (Frankenstein)
Mary Shelley
Ouch! Wow! Oof!
Interjection
Give an example of a modern story with a Gothic setting
answers may vary
The first question the narrator asks the raven (Stanza 8)
What is your name? "Tell me what thy lordly name is"
When a sentence or phrase runs over from one line to the next without a pause, creating flow or tension.
Enjambment