English II Semester Review December 2023

has a remote, exotic settings, such as a gloomy mansion or castle

• traditional gothic

• modern gothic/magical realism

has strange, eccentric people, often of high social standing

• traditional gothic

• modern gothic/magical realism

plot involves unusual occurrences of violence or supernatural elements

• traditional gothic

• modern gothic/magical realism

has dramatic endings that fully resolve the dark, scary events

• traditional gothic

• modern gothic/magical realism

set in ordinary places, which may make strange events more unsettling

• traditional gothic

• modern gothic/magical realism

characters are ordinary people, to whom readers can easily relate

• traditional gothic

• modern gothic/magical realism

plot features situations where normal, everyday life is interrupted in disturbing ways

• traditional gothic

• modern gothic/magical realism

usually has ambiguous (unclear) endings that leave questions unanswered. 

• traditional gothic

• modern gothic/magical realism

group of words that forms a complete thought. It has both a subject and a verb.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

• run on sentence

group of words that does not express a complete thought. It is usually missing a subject, a verb, or a helping verb

• sentence

• sentence fragment

• run on sentence