Scribd
Upload
53 views1 page

Gothic Conventions

The document discusses conventions of the gothic genre including horror, death, gloom, fear, isolated settings, and damsels in distress. It also mentions pathetic fallacy and defines conventions and pathetic fallacy.

Uploaded by

lucybaik24
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
53 views1 page

Gothic Conventions

The document discusses conventions of the gothic genre including horror, death, gloom, fear, isolated settings, and damsels in distress. It also mentions pathetic fallacy and defines conventions and pathetic fallacy.

Uploaded by

lucybaik24
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

I think that Secrets of Skin and Stone is gothic because it looks like it is set in a dark place.

Gothic- 3
Genre-4
Conventions-5
Pathetic fallacy-2
Supernatural-1

The clouds were crying tears of rain as I walked into the haunted house. The trees around the
house were towering over me. As soon as I walked in I saw broken glass everywhere the
curtains were ripped. I could see lightning from the old window. I tried to get out but the door
handle fell off …

1. Something I Knew before? Pathetic fallacy

2. Something I learnt? convention is another word for rules

3. What feelings does a gothic author want a reader to have? Mabey for them to feel
scared.

4. A keyword I have learnt? Conventions

5. List the conventions of the gothic genre. Horror, death, gloom, fear, isolated
setting, and damsel in distress

Dracula

1. What is convention? A convention is another word for rules

2. What did you learn last lesson? In gothic stories there is Horror, death, gloom,
fear, isolated setting, and damsel in distress.

3. What feeling does a gothic author want the reader to have? They might want the
reader to feel scared but want to keep on reading.

4. Name a poetry term. rhyme, alliteration, stanza, rhyme scheme.


5. Explain pathetic fallacy - it is when the weather shows how the character is
feeling.

You might also like