Edgar Allan Poe Flashcards
after one’s death
posthumously
considered beforehand, deliberately planned
premeditated
genre combines horror and feelings (psychology or romance)
Gothic Horror
a story with an action-packed plot and intense feelings of suspense/anxiety (jump scares)
thriller
a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, biased, or otherwise distorted
unreliable narrator
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Allusion
an outcome or solution; the “new normal”
denouement
the story’s beginning – setting and characters
exposition
a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
Suspense
grisly, gruesome; having death as a main subject
macabre
time and place that events in a story take place
setting
feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
Mood
a struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces
Conflict
repeating something that has already been said or written
Repetition
over-exaggeration of an idea
Hyperbole
the truth about life revealed in a work of literature
Theme
using objects to stand for or represent something else
Symbolism
hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
the use of words whose sounds echo their sense
Onomatopoeia
a comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Simile
giving human-like qualities to non-living things
Personification
comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing
Metaphor
repetition of the same consonant sounds in words
Alliteration
boldness
audacity
