A sentence beginning with a different word

Adds variety and interest to the writing

Three dots that create a cliffhanger or show hesitation

The novel Frankenstein is named after...

Dr Frankenstein who wanted to create a sublime human

Which sentence is an example of personification?

The dark towers glared and jumped out at me

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

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

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

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Gothic Literature

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

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