Elements of Gothic Literature/ Modern Gothic/ Magical Realism
What is this an element of?
Remote, exotic settings, such as a gloomy mansion or castle.
Gothic Literature
What is the author's tone?
Refers to the author's attitude—how they feel about their subject and their readers.
A ___________ is added to the end of a word to create a new word.
Suffix
A word that modifies a verb or adjective?
Adverbs
What is this an element of?
Recognizable characters who feels, ac, and react in customary ways.
Magical Realism
What is a credible source?
Evidence that is supported by facts and research rather than emotions.
Unknown ending, open to interpretation
Ambiguous
A single independent clause is what type of sentence?
Simple Sentence
What is this an element of?
Situations in which normal life is interrupted in disturbing ways
Modern Gothic
What is theme?
the central message or insight expressed in a literary work.
The narrator is not a character in the story.
Third Person Point of View
two or more independent clauses joined either a comma and a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon is what type sentence?
Compound Sentence
What is this an element of?
An accepting or unimpressed narrative tone, or attitude, that presents fantastic events as logical parts of life.
Magical Realism
What is imagery?
Sensory language that creates word pictures in the reader's mind.
The narrator is a character in the story and refers to himself with the first-person pronoun I and Me.
First Person Point of View
two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses is what type of sentence?
Compound-Complex Sentence
What is this an element of?
Ambigous endings that leave questions unanswered
Modern Gothic
What is the speaker of a poem?
An imaginary voice that tells the story.
In the house
What is the underlined word?
Object of the preposition
Prepositional Phrase