Gothic Literature

'An implication or feeling that something bad will happen later in the story' - Which Gothic feature is this the definition for?

• Foreshadowing

• Tension

• Foreboding

• Fear

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which one of these is an example of a simile?

• The sparkling stars shone down on the girl.

• The sparkling stars shone down on the girl; diamonds in the night-sky.

• The sparking stars shone down on the girl like diamonds in the night-sky.

• The sparkling stars looked down on the girl.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

'When the weather is used to symbolise or represent emotion' - Which technique is this the definition for?

• Personification

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Juxtaposition

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of these is a metaphor?

• The creature was like ice; everything around him became frozen in its spot.

• The creature was ice; everything around him became frozen in its spot.

• The creature made all those around him cold.

• The creature was like ice; even the shelves shivered in his presence.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is an 'antonym'?

• A word that has the same meaning as another word

• A word which rhymes with another word

• A word which has an opposite meaning to another word

• A word which sounds like another word

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Definite, sure, clear are all antonyms of which word?

• Ominous

• Vague

• Gothic

• Obvious

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.4

What is a 'synonym'?

• A word which rhymes with another word

• A word which has an opposite meaning to another word

• A word which sounds like another word

• A word with the same meaning as another word

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.4

Inexplicable, strange, mystical are all synonyms of which word?

• Superstitious

• Ominous

• Mysterious

• Modest

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

The author uses _______ to suggest what may happen next in a story.

• Forward showing

• Foreshadowing

• Similes

• Personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.5