Literary Devices
What literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase?
Alliteration.
What is the term for a noun that names a general item rather than a specific one?
Common Noun.
Who is considered the earliest author of Gothic literature?
Horace Walpole
What theme shows mental distress?
Madness.
This is the name of the narrator’s friend in "The Fall of the House of Usher."
Who is Roderick Usher
Identify the device that gives human traits to non-human things.
Personification.
What is the grammatical term for a word that describes a noun?
Adjective.
What kind of atmosphere is commonly found in Gothic literature?
Dark
What theme shows being alone?
Isolation.
Who was the author of the Fall of the House of Usher?
Who is Edgar Allan Poe
What is a figure of speech that involves exaggeration for emphasis?
Hyperbole.
A person, place, or thing.
Noun.
What type of character is often featured in Gothic literature, representing fear and obsession?
A villain
What theme shows rotting or falling apart?
Decay.
What happens to the Usher family home at the end?
What is it collapses
A word that imitates the sound it represents (e.g., "buzz," "clang").
Onomatopoeia
What is the term for the word that takes the place of a noun?
Pronoun.
Who authored Frankenstein?
Who is Mary Shelley
What are twins in Gothic Literature called?
Doppelganger.
This character serves as Roderick Usher’s twin sister and experiences a mysterious illness throughout the story.
Who is Madeline Usher
What literary device involves an indirect reference to another work or a well-known person?
Allusion.
What is the term for combining two sentences incorrectly with just a comma?
Comma Splice
This is the medical condition Madeline Usher suffers from in "The Fall of the House of Usher."
What is catelpsy
What contrasts beauty and horror?
Sublime.
This is the reason the narrator visits the House of Usher.
What is to help with Roderick's illness