Horror Genre (Vocab/Gram)

What is the
Horror
Genre?

Grammar & Vocabulary

Goals - Objectives

Vocabulary
● Understand & Use Content Specific Terms
● Strategy - Applying Suffixes

Grammar
● Language Conventions - Using Commas

Critical Vocabulary

intensify

Become or make more intense.
(escalate)

justify

Show or prove right or reasonable.
(explain)

parallel

A person or thing that is similar to
each other.
(equivalent)

quest

A long or arduous search for
something.
(pursuit)

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Determine which of the critical vocabulary terms

matches the one given, and why.

Vocabulary

Practice

Multiple Choice

Which vocabulary word goes with similar?

• intensify

• justify

• parallel

• quest

Open Ended

Why does parallel go with similar?

Multiple Choice

Which vocabulary word goes with strengthen?

• intensify

• justify

• parallel

• quest

Open Ended

Why does intensify go with strengthen?

Multiple Choice

Which vocabulary word goes with search?

• intensify

• justify

• parallel

• quest

Open Ended

Why does quest go with search?

Multiple Choice

Which vocabulary word goes with defend?

• intensify

• justify

• parallel

• quest

Open Ended

Why does justify go with defend?

Using Suffixes

Strategy

Vocabulary

Suffixes

A suffix is a word part that is added to the end
of a base word.

Suffix examples that change an action from
present to past:
● -ed as in haunted
● -ied as in terrified

We add -ied if the base word ended with -y
● For example: justify → justified

Practice with Suffixes

“But the suspense is intensified
by our knowledge of the genre”

-What is the Horror Genre?

“Of course, Susan’s fears are

justified”

-What is the Horror Genre?

intensify

justify

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Change the verb to the past tense by adding the suffix -ed or -ied:

In the horror story, the main character rely on her brother for help.

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Change the verb to the past tense by adding the suffix -ed or -ied:

She was mystify when her calls to him were not answered.

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Change the verb to the past tense by adding the suffix -ed or -ied:

She hurry to check that all her house doors were securely locked.

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Change the verb to the past tense by adding the suffix -ed or -ied:

She was petrify when she thought she saw someone looking in the window.

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Change the verb to the past tense by adding the suffix -ed or -ied:

Now she was worry that her brother would not show up to help her.

Using Commas

Conventions

Language

Using Commas

Purpose

Indicates a pause or break in

the sentence.

Why

Makes the sentences easier to

understand/comprehend.

Bonus

Commas are also used with
dialogue or when quoting a

source.

Comma Examples

1

So, she does end up

dead in the basement, a

victim of the vampire.

2

This type of hesitation, when
we almost believe, falls into
the general category of the

“fantastic.”

Comma Purpose

To signal a break

in thought

Often horror has its greatest effect
on us because we almost believe,
or believe while we are reading the
book or watching the film, that the

events are possible.

To signal the

reader to pause

If a genre has traditional

monsters, it also has traditional

settings.

Fill in the Blanks

Rewrite the sentence, inserting the needed punctuation:

Yes I absolutely love horror stories.

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Rewrite the sentence, inserting the needed punctuation:

You know of course that the main purpose of horror stories is to inspire fear and dread.

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Rewrite the sentence, inserting the needed punctuation:

If Frankenstein is frightening he is also sympathetic.

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Rewrite the sentence, inserting the needed punctuation:

The long movie was terrifying so much so that several times I just closed my eyes and blocked my ears.

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Rewrite the sentence, inserting the needed punctuation:

Writing a horror story a big dream of mine will take a lot of thought and hard work.