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Gothic Short Stories Quiz (8)

Authored by Halley Wade

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 6+ times

Gothic Short Stories Quiz (8)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One of the elements of Gothic literature is ___________ settings like decaying castles, haunted houses, and trapdoors or cellars.

supernatural

gloomy

isolation

fear

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meaning of the word isolation?

in a crowd

left alone

packaging that keeps something cold

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technique is this an example of? 'The trees watched over the boy as he walked through the dark forest.'

Metaphor

Personification

Simile

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the story 'The Tell-Tale Heart', what body part of the victim did the murderer become fixated on?

Ear

Eye

Nose

Heart

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an author creates a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen, this is...

Paranoia

Suspense

Dilemma

Foreshadowing

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A device in a narrative in which a scene that takes place in the past is inserted somewhere into the narrative.

Flashback

Foreshadowing

Mystery

Cliffhanger

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When the narrator of the story cannot be trusted they are called a(n)...

Unreliable narrator

Unbelievable narrator

First person narrator

Second person narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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