WorksheetsMonstrous Gothic - Week 7
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which does not belong in the mnemonic 'SCENE'?
Setting
Character
Exciting Ending
Narrative
What technique is used when the same letter is repeated at the beginning of each word?
Alliteration
Anecdote
Allegory
Analysis
What type of word is typically described as a 'doing' word?
Adverb
Verb
Noun
Adjective
Who wrote 'The Window'?
Edgar Allen Poe
Oscar Wilde
H P Lovecraft
Bram Stoker
Which mnemonic is used for remember where to use paragraphs in your writing?
TiP ToP
SCENE
DAFOREST
PETAL
What is the key theme throughout the 'The Window'?
Fear
Love
Anger
Pain
What technique is used when the same letter is repeated at the beginning of each word consecutively?
Simile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Which answer is a piece of ambitious vocabulary to describe: 'the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen'?
Pallid
Ominous
Gaunt
Cackle
'Like a shadow in the night, the ghost slipped passed the unsuspecting woman.'
What sentence starter has been used in this sentence?
Verbs
Prepositions
Adverb
Simile
Which of the following is an example of a preposition as a sentence starter?
At the stroke of midnight, the clock bells started to chime...
Dashing through the abandoned graveyard, the woman...
As quiet as a mouse, the man crept down the old, dusty corridor...
Later that night, lightning cracked through the sky...
'Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks' is an example of which technique?
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
The definition; 'a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning' describes which answer?
Personification
Hyperbole
Allegory
Repetition
Which of the following authors is well known for their gothic novels?
Mary Shelley
J K Rowling
Jane Austen
Philip Pullman
Which of the following is NOT a Gothic convention?
Ghosts
Haunted Houses
Weddings
Vampires
Who is famous for creating the character of 'Dracula'?
H P Lovecraft
Edgar Allen Poe
Mary Shelley
Bram Stoker
