Unit 3: Elements of Horror

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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Which are ways to categorize horror?

• Source of horror

• Theme

• Setting

• Subjects

What is the key factor in horror movies or books?

• suspense

• drama

• pictures

• dead people

What is suspense in horror?

• surprise factor

• anxious uncertainty about what is going to happen

• giving away the ending

• hanging out

In a horror movie/book the Antagonist is the?

• good guy

• stranger

• the best friend

• The force that works against the protagonist

What is not an element of horror?

• tension

• fear

• anxiety

• jokes

Why does creating suspense make a story better?

• it just does..

• makes the reader want to keep reading...

• creates a physical, emotional, or psychological response in the reader...

• your English teachers says so...

A horror story can be _____________? Check ALL that apply.

• fiction

• nonfiction

• supernatural

• not supernatural

What does Stephen King say the most satisfying type of horror is?

• The Gross-out

• Horror

• Terror