E2 Unit 1 Vocab/Usher

Bleak settings,Characters in torment,Plots with weird/violent/supernatural events, Dramatic lang, Gloomy mood, symbolism

• theme

• claim

• personification

• gothic literature

Ordinary places, Ordinary people, Situations in which normal life is interrupted in disturbing ways, Ambiguous endings

• magical realism

• modern gothic

• symbolism

• tone

giving non-human items, human characteristics. (feelings, action, voice)

• personification

• mood

• narrative poem

• symbolism

a particular belief, conclusion or viewpoint 

• tone

• mood

• claim

• theme

the feeling created by the writer for the reader.

• narrative poem

• magical realism

• mood

• theme

a person, word, or object is used to represent another thing.

• symbolism

• modern gothic

• gothic literature

• claim

a poem that tells a story, and includes elements like characters, setting, plot, and conflict.

• personification

• theme

• narrative poem

• mood

combines reality and fantasy

• tone

• magical realism

• modern gothic

• mood

What the speaker feels about the subject

• gothic literature

• theme

• tone

• symbolism

The main lesson or message the story is teaching the reader 

• symbolism

• theme

• mood

• claim