SPRING 'DARK TALES' CORE

Question 1

GOTHIC

Answer 1

Fictional writing which features dark and picturesque scenery, startling and melodramatic storylines, and an overall atmosphere of mystery, fear, and dread.

Question 2

SUPERNATURAL

Answer 2

We use this word to describe something that we can’t explain through science or nature, such as ghosts

Question 3

NARRATOR

Answer 3

The person who is telling the story. Most stories use 1st person narrators (I, me) or 3rd person narrators (he, she, they)

Question 4

PLOT

Answer 4

The overarching storyline/the action that takes place in a story

Question 5

ATMOSPHERE

Answer 5

The feeling, tone or mood being created by the writer, usually achieved through setting

Question 6

DISTURBING

Answer 6

A worrying or strange or inappropriate way of behaving; a person who verges on dangerous or violent would be a disturbing character

Question 7

TENSION

Answer 7

A moment within a text which evokes worry, fear, anxiety or stress for the reader