Metaphorical Mausoleum
The floorboards cried when he stepped on them.
What is personification?
The feeling of dread and uncertainty that keeps the reader turning the page.
What is suspense?
A struggle between a character and an outside force, such as a monster, another person, or nature?
What is external conflict?
This author wrote The Raven and is considered the inventor of detective fiction.
Edgar A. Poe
Instructions in a script, often italicized, that tell actors where to move, what props to use, or how to speak.
What is stage direction?
His voice sounds like a rusty gate.
What is a simile?
A writer's attitude toward the subject, conveyed through word choice.
What is tone?
A struggle within a character's own mind, such as a difficult decision or moral dilemma.
What is internal conflict?
The classic novel featuring a scientist who rejects his creation, written by Mary Shelley.
What is Frankenstein?
The spoken words between two or more characters in a script, which form the bulk of the play.
What is the dialogue?
Fear is a crushing blanket pressing the air from his lungs.
What is a metaphor?
Word choice and style that evoke powerful sensory experiences, whether sight, sound, or smell.
What is imagery?
The central turning point of the story, where the conflict is at its highest intensity and the outcome is determined.
What is the climax?
This is the setting of Bram Stoker's most famous novel, ruled by a count.
What is Transylvania
The part of a play that introduces the setting, main characters, and necessary background information, usually at the beginning.
Dramatic Exposition?
A statement made with extreme exaggeration for emphasis like "The scream lasted for an eternity."
What is hyperbole?
A recurring element, idea, or image that has symbolic significance in a story, like the repeated image of a mirror or a specific shadow.
What is a motif?
The plot structure element that follows the introduction, where tension and conflict begin to build up.
What is the rising action?
The main antagonist in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who represents the darker, unconstrained side of human nature.
Who is Mr. Hyde?
A brief remark delivered by a character directly to the audience or to another character, which other characters on stage are presumed not to hear.
What is an aside?
A type of extended comparison- "All the world is a stage, and all the women and men are merely players;...."
What is an extended metaphor?
DAILY DOUBLE! The stylistic choice of placing two strongly contrasting elements—like calm music and sudden violence—side-by-side to emphasize effect.
What is juxtaposition?
DAILY DOUBLE! The plot structure element that follows the climax and leads toward the final outcome.
What is the falling action?
The country where the novel Frankenstein begins and ends, set mostly in the Arctic.
What is Switzerland (or the Arctic/North Pole)?
DAILY DOUBLE! The invisible, imaginary boundary between the actors on stage and the audience, which is violated.
What is the Fourth Wall?