Three dots that create a cliffhanger or show hesitation

What's one of the differences between Gothic and Horror genres?

Gothic has a slow build up of creepy tension with less jumps

Which sentence is an example of personification?

The dark towers glared and jumped out at me

The novel Frankenstein is named after...

Dr Frankenstein who wanted to create a sublime human

A sentence beginning with a different word

Adds variety and interest to the writing

God made man beautiful after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid

This is from the novel Frankenstein

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Gothic Literature

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1
What are ellipses?
A punctuation mark to show surprise
Three dots that create a cliffhanger or show hesitation
Two dots that indicate speech
A pause in the middle of a sentence
2
Which one of the conventions is not Gothic?
Mysterious castles
isolated houses
A bright spring day
stormy skies
3
Which is the character in the famous vampire story?
The Princess
The Duke
The Prince
The Count
4
What's one of the differences between Gothic and Horror genres?
Horror has more stormy weather than Gothic
Gothic has more supernatural things than horror
Gothic is more gory and bloody than horror
Gothic has a slow build up of creepy tension with less jumps
5
What's another word for scary?
Demise
Petrified
Mesmerized
Sanitized
6
What's a more effective word for sad?
Catastrophe
Withered
Melancholy
Bewildered
7
Which sentence is an example of personification?
I heard a strange sound
A flock of bats flew past
The dark towers glared and jumped out at me
Fearfully, I walked away.
8
'Quietly, the door creaked open' Which technique
Metaphor
Adjective
Noun
Adverb
9
Which sentence would be more gothic?
The half moon
The murky passageway
A broken stone
The garden gates
10
The novel Frankenstein is named after...
Dr Frankenstein who wanted to create a sublime human
The monster
The writer who wrote the novel
The Frankenstein family who owned a big mysterious house
11
'His heart was pounding with fear that clutched his body' This is an example of...
Sensory descriptions - sight
An adverb
The senses - using feeling
The senses - using hearing
12
'Withered' means...
a windy day
fall into decay or shrivel
Twist and shake
limp on a bad leg
13
A sentence beginning with a different word
Adds variety and interest to the writing
Makes people scared
Gives the reader clues about what happens next
Makes the reader laugh
14
Who wrote The Woman In Black?
Timothy Small
Sandra Duffy
Susan Hill
Charles Dickens
15
What is a spectre?
A ghost
A haunted graveyard
A saint
A half dead body
16
Which is an omen of death?
An old house
A shadow
A crow
A dove
17
'The sky was as dark as a shadow' What technique is this?
An adverb
Personification
A Simile
The five senses
18
God made man beautiful after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid
This is from the novel The Dreaded Night
This is from the novel Dracula
This is from the novel Frankenstein
This is from The Woman In Black
19
Which sentence has the adjectives?
A pale woman with sunken eyes.
A man was standing menacingly on the corner.
His eyes were like darts.
The darkness was outside.
20
'The castle wall was a serpent, wrapping around me ' Which technique is this?
Description
Verb
Metaphor
Connective

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