Vocabulary
What is the meaning of vain?
Confident
High self-esteem
To what does the speaker compare the poem?
a greedy mirror
What is the tone of the poem?
A. Happy
B. Worried
C. Angered
D. Friendly
B. Worried
Poems don't use paragraphs, instead they use
Stanzas
Which is NOT a common setting in Gothic literature?
A. Castle
B. Shopping Mall
C. Church
D. Graveyard
B. Shopping Mall
Each tenant who bought the house after that, lost a loved one...
What is the meaning of tenant?
Resident
Occupant
Lives on property
Which of the following literary elements is NOT used in "beware: do not read this poem"?
A. end rhyme
B. imagery
C. repetition
A. end rhyme
What happens to the vain old woman who surrounds herself with mirrors?
She disappears into the mirrors.
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
Free verse
In Gothic Literature, the conflict is usually between?
A. Person vs Supernatural
B. Person vs Technology
C. Person vs. Society
A. Person vs Supernatural
The poem is legendary.
What is the meaning of legendary?
Well known
Famous
''it is a greedy poem'': this is what type of figurative language?
A. Simile
B. Hyperbole
C. Personification
C. Personification
Who or what is the speaker in the poem?
A. The poem
B. The old lady
C. The mirror
A. The poem
What is the rhyme scheme of the example below:
The coolness of the night,
Refreshes my skin.
The stars shine so bright,
Causing me to grin.
ABAB
How does isolation relate to Gothic literature?
People are isolated to feel scared and alone.
The villagers broke into her house, but she was too swift for them.
What is an antonym for swift?
slow
this poem has your eyes
this poem has his head
this poem has his arms . This is called....
A. Simile B. Repetition C. Onomatopoeia
B. Repetition
The speaker indicates that reading can absorb readers. Which quotation from the poem best support this idea?
A. locked herself indoors
B. this poem is the reader
C. this poem ain't got no manners
D. lost a loved one
B. this poem is the reader
Poem have to rhyme. True or False?
False
Name one element from Beware: Do Not Read This Poem is Gothic Literature?
Isolation
The mirror is greedy
The poem isolates you
People disappeared
The last stanza of the poem gives a statistic. What is a statistic?
A fact or piece of numerical data
...this poem has had you up to here
belch
What type of figurative language is "belch"?
A. Metaphor B. Hyperbole C. Onomatopoeia
C. Onomatopoeia
What is the theme of the poem?
Consuming yourself with one thing isolates you from other things.
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
From the day that I first knew you,
Your heart was pure and kind;
Your smile was sweet and innocent,
Your wit was well refined.
ABCB
The atmosphere in a gothic novel is often...
A. Happy and joyful
B. Mysterious and suspenseful
C. Angry and revengeful
D. Loving and Kind
B. Mysterious and Suspenseful