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Duplicate of Gothic Literature
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A quiz to test knowledge on Gothic writing techniques
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1
'
The castle wall was a serpent, wrapping around me
' Which technique is this?
Connective
Metaphor
Verb
Description
2
'Quietly, the door creaked open' Which technique
Metaphor
Adjective
Noun
Adverb
3
Which is the character in the famous vampire story?
The Duke
The Count
The Prince
The Princess
4
'Withered' means...
windy weather
To twist and shake
to limp on a bad leg
fall into decay or shrivel
5
What is a spectre?
A half dead body
A saint
A ghost
A haunted graveyard
6
The novel Frankenstein is named after...
A monster
The Frankenstein family who owned a big mysterious house
The writer who wrote the novel
Dr Frankenstein who wanted to create life
7
What's a more effective word for sad?
Withered
Catastrophe
Bewildered
Melancholy
8
Which sentence is an example of personification?
A flock of bats flew past
The dark towers glared and jumped out at me
I heard a strange sound
Fearfully, I walked away.
9
A sentence beginning with a different word
Gives the reader clues about what happens next
Makes the reader laugh
Adds variety and interest to the writing
Makes people scared
10
The word "menace" means..
To be mean
To annoy
To chase
To threaten
11
Which phrase is most gothic?
The murky passageway
A broken stone
The half moon
The garden gates
12
What are ellipses?
Two dots that indicate speech
A punctuation mark to show surprise
A pause in the middle of a sentence
Three dots that create a cliffhanger or show hesitation
13
Which sentence uses adjectives?
The darkness was outside.
His eyes were like darts.
A man was standing menacingly on the corner.
A pale woman with sunken eyes.
14
Which character is more gothic..
A panting wolf
A mysterious stranger
An unhappy child
A growling dog
15
What's another word for scary?
Mesmerized
Demise
Sanitized
Petrified
16
'His heart was pounding with fear that clutched his body' This is an example of...
Sensory description - smell
The senses - using hearing
Sensory descriptions - sight
The senses - using feeling
17
'The sky was as dark as a shadow' What technique is this?
The five senses
An adverb
A Simile
Personification
18
Which setting is most gothic
A dark day at the beach
A fun filled castle
A graveyard on a sunny day
A stormy dark forest
19
Which is an omen of death?
A shadow
A dove
A crow
An old house
20
Which one of the conventions is
not
Gothic?
isolated houses
stormy skies
A bright spring day
Mysterious castles
