What is the horror genre? pt1 midterm exam 2023

Genre elements: Literary criticism

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\-often appears in the form of an essay with persuasive elements.
\-examines one or more works of literature.
\-contain specific examples and support from the literature and other sources.
\-May have the purpose of shaping how readers interpret a particular work.

literary criticism

Writing that examines, analyses and interprets a particular work or an aspect of literature.

Paraphrase

to restate in other words

summarise

select and present the main points, without detail

intensify

If you intensify something, you make it grow in strength.

Justify

If you justify something, you prove it's right or valid.

Audacity

Audacity is shameless daring or boldness

Vehemently

If you do something vehemently, you do it with intense emotion.

Derision

Derision is jeering laughter or ridicule

hypocritical

If someone is hypocritical, the person is false or deceptive.

Parallel

If things are parallel, they have comparable or similar parts

Quest

a quest is a search

Background (what is the horror genre)

Sharon A.Russel (b. 1941) is a retired professor of communication and women's studies at Indiana state university, where she taught courses on film and television. Russel has published extensively on horror film and literature and detective fiction. She is the author of Stephen king: A critical companion, a book that analyses several of kings famous horror novels.

Commas

make the meaning of sentences clearer by separating certain words, phrases and clauses.

Suffix

a word part that is added to the ending of a root word to from a new meaning