What is the horror genre?

A category of literature, film, music, or other art form is known as the

• genre

• theme

• main idea

• text

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The essential question for unit 2 is

• Does technology improve or control our lives?

• What is the horror genre?

• Why do we sometimes like to feel frightened?

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Writing that examines, analyzes and interprets a particular work or an aspect of literature is known as

• central ideas

• essential question

• literary criticism

• summarize

The most important ideas about a topic in a text is

• central ideas

• setting

• theme

• tone

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To paraphrase is to

• research for the best possible answer

• Say the same thing over and over again.

• restate all the information the the text using your own words.

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to intensify

• to make grow in strength

• to make larger

• to show details

• to get angry at someone/something

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Justify

• to prove it right or valid

• to win an argument

• to increase in size

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parallel

• have comparable or similar parts

• on the exact same level

• to prove something right or valid

• to make grow in strength

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Which sentence states the central idea of the text:

• The horror genre is defined by its focus on monsters and scary settings.

• There are many different ways to categorize the

  horror genre.

• The use of suspense is a unique feature of the horror genre.

• The organizational structure of the horror genre sets it apart from other genres.

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Convention

• a fast cooking oven

• a general agreement

• the right way to do something

• a body of technical methods

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