Irving/Hawthorne Test

tension created by the plot that leaves readers wondering what will happen next and how the central conflict will be resolved.

• symbol

• ambiguity

• suspense

• appositive

uncertainty created when an author leaves things up to the reader's interpretation

• symbolism

• appositive

• ambiguity

• suspense

PLAUSIBILITY means ...

• believability

• sincerity

• good manners

• driveable

OBSTINACY

• good taste

• greed

• to ignore

• stubbornness

EMBLEM means ...

• treason

• bargain

• an identifying mark

• treasure

MITIGATE means...

• to lessen

• to increase

• revenge

• justice

OSTENTATIOUS means ...

• showy and vulgar

• understated and simple

• delicious

• poisonous

APPOSITIVE means...

• sure

• yes

• a word renaming a noun

• word in parentheses

DARK ROMANTIC authors were primarily concerned with _______ in their writing.

• the battle between good and evil and man's spiritual life

• True love

• self-improvement

• government and politics

THEME is best defined as ...

• the setting of the story

• the mood of the story

• what the author is trying to convey

• time period