Elements of Horror Genre

Which is the most likely SETTING for horror stories?

• A dark ally

• a bright beautiful party

• a sunny day at the beach

• on a fun roadtrip

In horror stories, readers expect to have a strong connection between

• story events and setting

• author's style and characters

• plot and dialogue

• characters and narrator

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justify means

• to yell at someone

• to pick a fight

• to prove a point

• to prevent an accident

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A quest is

• A delicious drink

• a loss

• a search

• a video game

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Intensify means

• to stay the same

• to decrease

• to grow stronger

• to leave

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Parallel means

• miles apart

• similar in some way

• come together at some point

• cross over each other

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Which are ways to categorize horror?

• Source of horror

• Theme

• Setting

• Subjects

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The author's purpose for writing the literary criticism is to

• Tell people how awful the horror genre is

• Analyze techniques

• define a genre

• Compare and Contrast types of literature

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What is more extreme in horror than any other genre?

• Suspense- because readers know from the start that something bad is going to happen.

• Romance- because characters are always falling in love.

• action- because there are a lot of fight scenes, car crashes, and characters arguing

• science- because there are many aliens in the horror genre.

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Defining the horror genre by subjects is a good idea?

• True

• False

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