It was a Dark and Stormy Night
A Likely Story
Vocabulary of the Heart
Who is Speaking?
Thick as Pea Soup
100
Some common settings in Gothic Literature.
What are Haunted houses, castles, or forests?
100
The highest point of tension in a story.
What is the climax
100
A knocking or strong pulsing sound.
What is a tattoo?
100
The main character of the story.
Who is protagonist?
100
The character or force that causes problems for the main character.
Who is the antagonist?
200
When the setting plays a role in Gothic Literature.
What is setting as character?
200
The introduction, or beginning of the story
What is the exposition?
200
To listen to what is said.
What is to hearken?
200
A character who demonstrates only one characteristic.
Who is a flat character?
200
A struggle or conflict between two characters.
What is man vs man?
300
An element of Gothic Literature that helps to establish atmosphere and setting.
What is weather?
300
The main message that the author wants the reader to get from the story
What is the theme?
300
Extremely sensitive, even to slight details and impressions.
What is to have acute senses?
300
The character telling the story.
Who is the narrator?
300
The event that causes the problem or conflict in the story.
What is initial incident?
400
A space that torments Gothic characters. It can either be physical or psychological.
What is a haunted space?
400
Clues and hints about what might happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
Timber of relatively slight width and thickness.
What are scantlings?
400
The way the author shows what the characters are like.
What is characterization?
400
A struggle that takes place within the mind of the character.
What is internal conflict or man vs self?
500
A key element of Gothic Literature that can be both physical and psychological.
What is isolation?
500
The resoltion of the story.
What is the denouement?
500
To disguise or conceal under false appearance.
What is dissimulation?
500
A character that has many sides to him or her; a complex character.
Who is a round character?
500
A character who goes through a change because of the conflict that he/she experiences.
Who is a dynamic character?
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