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structural and syntatical
Left-branching sentences
Polysyndeton
Asyndeton
Enjambment
Fragmentation
Chiasmus
Parallelism
Inverted syntax
Anaphora
Epistrophe
Ellipsis
Hypotaxis
Parataxis
Tricolon
Rhetorical questions
Caesura
Repetition
Cliffhangers
Delayed revelation
Frame narratives
Epistolary form
Unreliable narration
linguistic
Onomatopoeia
Sibilance
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Euphony
Cacophony
Plosive sounds
Guttural sounds
Syntactical mirroring
Periphrasis
Archaisms
Elevated diction
Elongated vowels for eerie effect
Ecthlipsis
imagery and figurative language
The Uncanny
The Sublime
The Grotesque
The Macabre
Pathetic fallacy
Anthropomorphism
Zoomorphism
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Extended metaphor
Allegory
Symbolism
Hyperbole
Litotes
Oxymoron
Juxtaposition
Paradox
thematic and narrative tropes
The Haunted House
The Labyrinthine Structure
The Gothic Sublime
Ecogothic landscapes
Gothic doubling (Doppelgängers)
The Persecuted Heroine
The Byronic Hero
The Madwoman in the Attic
The Forbidden Chamber
The Found Manuscript
The Cursed Object
Liminal spaces
Transgression & boundaries
Psychological horror
Madness & unreliable perception
Death & decay imagery
Dreams & nightmares
Prophecies & fate
Bloodline curses
Rituals & occultism
Paranoia & surveillance
Isolation & entrapment
Temporal distortion
Mirrors & reflections
Moving paintings & uncanny objects
Gothic inheritance plots
Forbidden knowledge
The Threshold Guardian
