GOTHIC LITERATURE TEST

What are the 4 qualities of gothic literature?

• Set in a bleak or remote location

• Includes physical or psychological torment

• Features violent or macabre incidents 

• Incorporates supernatural or otherworldly element 

What’s exposition?

Introduces the story’s mood, setting, the main character, supporting characters, and time

What’s rising action?

All events leading to the turning point of a story; series of solutions to the conflict attempted by the protagonist; identified by increasing tension

What’s the climax?

Peak moment of intensity and excitement that is a turning point in the plot where the main character’s conflict is solved or changed

What’s falling action?

The story wraps up, the consequences of the climax are clear, and any changes in the main character are apparent; identified by decreased tension

What’s resolution?

The end of the plot; can leave readers happy or sad or unfulfilled

What’s internal conflict?

Created when the main character undergoes an emotional struggle; within the character’s own heart or mind

What’s external conflict?

Created when a person or outside force prevents the main character from achieving his or her goal

What’s irony?

contrast between expectation and reality - between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true

What’s situational irony?

Occurs when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens or when there is a contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really does take place

What’s verbal irony?

A writer or speaker says one things but really means something completely different

What’s dramatic irony?

Occurs when the audience or reader knows something that a character in a play or story does not know

What’s historical context?

what is happening during the time in which the author set his or her story

What’s historical fiction?

 when a fictional story is set in real historical events and places