Types of Literature
Genres
Romantic Lit
Gothic Lit
Edgar Allan Poe
100

This has chapters and is generally long.

Novel

100

About teens, for teens

YA Fiction
100
True/False: Romantic literature is about love and relationships.

False

100

Typical setting of a gothic novel/story.

Bleak or abandoned places.

100

What happened to Poe's parents?

Mom died of tuberculosis; dad abandoned him.

200

Poetry is usually written in...

Verse/stanzas

200

Meant to scare or startle.

Horror

200

Imagination was also called the...

Fancy

200

What types of torment usually occur in a gothic story?

Mental/physical

200

Married his __ year old _______.

13, cousin.

300

Dramas are meant to be...

Performed

300

Based in the future; new technology or science

Science Fiction

300

This is the perfect state of existence.

Sublime

300

These stories build...

Suspense

300

How old was Edgar Allan Poe when he died?

40

400

This is what we will be reading first!

A short story

400

Focuses on two people in love

Romance

400
True/False: Reason was considered more important than imagination.

False

400

Includes evil _______ and people.

Humans. 

400

Where was Poe from?

Boston, Massachusetts

500

Usually has magic or supernatural elements

Fantasy


500

When did the Romantic Era take place?

Late 19th- Early 20th
500

What does macabre mean?

Anything related to death; gruesome

500

Was Poe American or English?

American