Grammar
Literary Devices
Gothic Literature
Gothic Themes
The Fall Of The House Of Usher
100

This part of speech describes an action, state, or occurrence.


What is a verb?

100

This device is a comparison using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

100

This Gothic element involves a sense of fear, dread, or foreboding in the story.

What is suspense?
100

This common theme in Gothic literature involves the struggle between sanity and madness.

What is insanity?

100

This is the name of the narrator’s friend in "The Fall of the House of Usher."

Who is Roderick Usher?

200

This type of clause can stand alone as a complete sentence.

What is an independent clause.

200

This term refers to an object or action that stands for something beyond its literal meaning.

What is symbolism?

200

In "The Fall of the House of Usher," this happens to the house at the end.

What is it collapses?

200

This theme reflects the decay of both the mind and physical surroundings.

What is decay?

200

The Usher family mansion can be seen as a symbol of this.

What is the Usher family decline?

300

This punctuation mark is used to indicate possession or to form contractions.

What is an apostrophe. 

300

This device gives human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract concepts.

What is personification?

300

This literary device, common in Gothic literature, involves hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

300

This common theme in Gothic literature often revolves around the idea of forbidden love or doomed relationships.

What is tragic love/tragedy?

300

This character serves as Roderick Usher’s twin sister and experiences a mysterious illness throughout the story.

Who is Madeline Usher?

400

This term describes a sentence that contains at least two independent clauses joined by a conjunction or semicolon.

What is a compound sentence

400

This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

What is alliteration?

400

This term describes the double meaning of a narrator who cannot be trusted.  

What is an unreliable narrator?

400

This Gothic element often involves dark, eerie settings, like old mansions or castles.

What is Gothic setting?

400

This is the reason the narrator visits the House of Usher.

What is to help Roderick with his illness?

500

These are words like "however," "therefore," and "moreover," used to link ideas in sentences.

What is conjunctive adverb?

500

This term describes a reference to a well-known work, person, or event.

What is an allusion?

500

This is the medical condition Madeline Usher suffers from in "The Fall of the House of Usher."

What is catalepsy? 

500

This feeling of sorrow and despair is often felt by Gothic characters.

What is melancholy? 

500

This literary device is heavily used in "The Fall of the House of Usher," contributing to the story’s atmosphere.

What is imagery