Identify the hyperbole...

Your lack of concern about your grades is killing me

What is Gothic Literature?

A fictional story that incorporates horror and romanticism.

What elements of “The Most Dangerous Game” fit the category of Gothic lit?

Superstition, isolation, madness, creepiness

What is third person omniscient point of view?

When the narrators knows everyone's thoughts and feelings

Elements of gothic lit are

ominous atmosphere, characters, and happenings

Is a written account of another person's life.

Third Person Omniscient Point of View

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters

words that create a mental image

Author directly/indirectly refers to something outside of text

Authors primarily use allusions to:

allow for a deeper understanding of their writing.

Third person limited point of view means...

The narrator only knows the feelings of one character

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1
what type of genre is Gothic Literature?
drama
horror
action
comedy
2
Identify the hyperbole...
Your lack of concern about your grades is killing me
Looks like you let the cat out of the bag.
That dog is tearing up the furniture.
3
What is the male protagonist in Gothic lit often classified as.
Byronic hero
Cage fighter
Hero
Super hero
4
What kind of females are often characaters in Gothic lit?
Those who are sickly
All of these
Damsels in distress
Those who faint a lot
5
Second person point of view uses pronouns such as...
"You" and "your"
"He," "she," "they," and "them"
"I," "me," and "my"
6
the muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech.
simile
metaphor
personification
zoomorphism
7
First Person Point of View would not include this pronoun:
he
our
me
I
8
What is Gothic Literature?
A fictional story that incorporates horror and romanticism.
A novel that is based around fact.
A fictional story regarding themes like advanced technology.
A fictional story portrayed in a real event from the past.
9
he was safe from his enemy, the sea,
dynamic
Gothic
simile
personification
10
What word best describes the architecture in Gothic lit?
Whimsical
Decrepit
Elegant
modern
11
Whigh of these doesn’t fit in Gothic lit?
Madness
Tragedy
Comedy
Romance
12
What elements of “The Most Dangerous Game” fit the category of Gothic lit?
Byronic hero, damsel in distress
Trap doors, hidden passages, secret rooms
Decrepit architecture
Superstition, isolation, madness, creepiness
13
Which genre of literature was created to be performed to an audience?
Science Fiction
Fable
Drama/Play
14
What is third person omniscient point of view?
When the narrator is a character in the story.
When the narrator knows the feelings of one character.
When the narrators knows everyone's thoughts and feelings
When the narrator knows nothing at all.
15
What kind of emotions are not common in Gothic lit?
Chaotic
Melodramatic
serene
Heightened
16
“And I to your long life.”
suspense
hyperbole
satire
irony
17
Elements of gothic lit are
heroes who go through horrifying events
ominous atmosphere, characters, and happenings
dark weather in a moment of joy
18
animals that talk
simile
zoomorphism
metaphor
personification
19
Ivan and Whitney
flat characters
round characters
20
Zaroff and Rainsford
both
foils
round
21
What does Gothic Lit deal with?
scifi elements
supernatural elements
only factual elements
22
What is a biography?
A story about supernatural or extraordinary people.
Literature that's subject is dramatic the way it is written.
The history of a person's life, written by that person.
Is a written account of another person's life.
23
Third Person Omniscient Point of View
The narrator is a character in the story. The narrator uses words like “I”
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters
The narrator as an outsider who knows thoughts/ feelings of no characters
The narrator as an outsider knows the thoughts/feelings of one character
24
Which of these characters was NOT static?
Zaroff
Whitney
Rainsford
Ivan
25
Which Traditional Literature genre has gods and goddesses
fables
Fairy tales
Tall tales
myths
26
...as if the air about us was actually poisonous.
foreboding
foreshadowing
simile
flashback
27
Edgar Allan Poe invented:
Horror
Detective Fiction
Fantasy
Irony
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imagery
words that have the same sound at the end
words that create a mental image
section of a poem, usually with rhyme and length
deeper meaning given to everyday objects or events
29
Gothic lit showed
the potential for evil within the individual
the imagination led to the dark unknown
all of the above
the destruction of nature
30
The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies.
metaphor
simile
personification
frame story
31
What are allusions?
When reading imagine things.
When reader see the man.
Author directly/indirectly refers to something outside of text
32
Which of the following stories BEST fits the genre of Gothic lit?
The Most Dangerous Game
The Interlopers
The Cask of Amontillado
Penny and the Brubakers
33
Which character was not dynamic?
Ulrich
Rainsford
Georg
Fortunato
34
Authors primarily use allusions to:
relate more to their audience.
allow for a deeper understanding of their writing.
sound more intelligent.
overthrow the Russian government in an attempt to reunify the Soviet Union.
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Third person limited point of view means...
The narrator is a character in the story
The narrator knows everything about everyone
The narrator only knows the feelings of one character

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