HW: The Haunted House and Rebecca

What do we mean when we say the 'structure' of a text?

• The words and images used by an author.

• The typeface used to write the story.

• Whether the book is hardback or paperback.

• The way a story is ordered to intrigue the reader.

Tension is...

• When the text changes person, place or time.

• The perspective from which a story is told.

• Feelings of excitement or anxiety created by a text.

• The pace of a story.

"A change in person, place or time". What technique is this?

• Narrative Shift

• Metaphor

• Perspective

• Climax.

The climax of a text is...

• The point of least tension.

• The point of most tension.

• When everything in a story is resolved.

• The background information of the text.

A flashback is...

• A type of narrative shift.

• When the story moves to a moment from the past.

• A way to give exposition (background information).

• All of the above!

The stereotypical typical house is...

• Ultra-modern.

• In the Victorian style.

• A castle.

• A three-bedroom bungalow in Swalecliffe.

"Haunted" houses were abandoned because...

• People could no longer afford to live in them.

• It was easier to build a new one.

• The curtains were so last season.

• Spooky scary ghosts.

"Haunted" houses were considered gothic because...

• They were full of bats.

• People died in them all the time.

• They were dark, cold and hard to maintain.

• They weren't stylish and cool.

In 'Rebecca', Maurier opens the story with a...

'like all dreamers, I was possessed of a sudden with supernatural powers and passed like a spirit through the barrier before me'

What language technique has Maurier used?

• flashback

• personification

• metaphor

• simile