Grammar
This part of speech describes an action, state, or occurrence.
What is a verb?
This device is a comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This Gothic element involves a sense of fear, dread, or foreboding in the story.
This common theme in Gothic literature involves the struggle between sanity and madness.
What is insanity?
This is the name of the narrator’s friend in "The Fall of the House of Usher."
Who is Roderick Usher?
This type of clause can stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause.
This term refers to an object or action that stands for something beyond its literal meaning.
What is symbolism?
In "The Fall of the House of Usher," this happens to the house at the end.
What is it collapses?
This theme reflects the decay of both the mind and physical surroundings.
What is decay?
The Usher family mansion can be seen as a symbol of this.
What is the Usher family decline?
This punctuation mark is used to indicate possession or to form contractions.
What is an apostrophe.
This device gives human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract concepts.
What is personification?
This literary device, common in Gothic literature, involves hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
This common theme in Gothic literature often revolves around the idea of forbidden love or doomed relationships.
What is tragic love/tragedy?
This character serves as Roderick Usher’s twin sister and experiences a mysterious illness throughout the story.
Who is Madeline Usher?
This term describes a sentence that contains at least two independent clauses joined by a conjunction or semicolon.
What is a compound sentence
This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words.
What is alliteration?
This term describes the double meaning of a narrator who cannot be trusted.
What is an unreliable narrator?
This Gothic element often involves dark, eerie settings, like old mansions or castles.
What is Gothic setting?
This is the reason the narrator visits the House of Usher.
What is to help Roderick with his illness?
These are words like "however," "therefore," and "moreover," used to link ideas in sentences.
What is conjunctive adverb?
This term describes a reference to a well-known work, person, or event.
What is an allusion?
This is the medical condition Madeline Usher suffers from in "The Fall of the House of Usher."
What is catalepsy?
This feeling of sorrow and despair is often felt by Gothic characters.
What is melancholy?
This literary device is heavily used in "The Fall of the House of Usher," contributing to the story’s atmosphere.
What is imagery