What is the Horror Genre?
central ideas
the most important ideas about a topic in a sentence
narrator
the voice that tells the story
dialogue
conversation between characters
Hades is the lord of:
the dead
paraphrase
to restate all of the information in the text, using your own words
third person point of view
the narrator is an outside observer
theme
messages about life or human nature
epic poem
a long narrative poem that focuses on the adventures of an epic hero
suspense
the sense of growing tension, fear, and excitement felt by the reader
unreliable narrator
a narrator whose story cannot be trusted for some reason
universal theme
themes that apply to anyone, anywhere
word choice
interesting words and phrases that catch your attention and may convey tone
summarize
to briefly retell the text's central ideas and most important details in your own words
first person point of view
the narrator is a character, and uses the pronoun I, me, and we
foreshadowing
when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story
Figurative language
language that conveys meaning beyond the literal meaning of the words
literary critism
writing that examines, analyzes, and interprets a particular work or an aspect of literature
point of view
the method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of non-fiction
imagery
words and phrases that recreate sensory expeiriences
archetype
a pattern in literature that is found in a variety of works, can be a character, an image, a plot, or a setting