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Genre of horror
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"a piece of fiction of variable length which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a repulsion"
Edgar Allen Poe
Stephen King
JA Cuddon
Mary Shelley
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What is horror fiction?
A spooky scary genre that is meant to freak you out
An extremly strong feeling of fear and shock
A bunch of horror stories
A genre of fiction that is intended to fright, or scare
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Why do people like watching/reading horror stories?
They like to be scared
To experince stimulation
They like the adrenaline that comes with being scared
They're weird
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Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries added serial killers and slasher stories to their horror novels/films
False
True
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Whats a negative aspect of horror?
Falling in love with the bad guy
Unable to fall asleep
Fear and Anxiety
Paranoid
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What is the defiition of horror?
To make someone afraid of something
To be afraid of something
A scary work of literature
An extremely strong feeling of fear and shock
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One defining trait of the horror genre is that it provokes...?
the shock and fear that makes the reader vulnerable
an emotional, psychological, or physical response within readers
Anxiety
Sadness within the reader
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Horror orginated in the eighteenth century
False
True
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"Scream" is a horror classic novel
False
True
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Are horror stories/movies real?
True
False
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What type of horror is the sub - genre of dark fantasy?
novels/movies whre the main character is being hunted
novel/movies about death
when movie/novels blend dark elements with fantasy
novels/movies with ghosts and the supernatural
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"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
Mary Shelley
Edgar Allen Poe
H.P. Lovecraft
Stephen King
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What did the anciet Greek and Rome stories focus on?
Folklore
Fairytales
Death
La llorona
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Whats a positve aspect of horror
You learn more about survival and skills
You get braver
You blood gets pumping
Excitment and Joy
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Which Is a sub - genre of horror?
Survival
Occlut
Paranormal
Gothic
