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Death and darkness | 1. Mysterious characters with high social status e.g. Princes, Counts | 1. Wild landscapes |\n| 2. Supernatural (magic, ghosts, vampires, curses) | 2. Female or feminine characters that are threatened by powerful men | 2. Medieval style castles, churches or abbeys |\n| 3. Curses or prophecies | 3. Threatening women who are monsters or vampires | 3. Gloomy, decayed and ruined environments |\n| 4. Madness and intense emotions/paranoia | 4. Powerful, tyrannical male figures | 4. Remote, uninhabited places (older gothic) or monsters intermingling in every day life (newer gothic) |\n| 5. Mystery, terror and suspense | 5. Villains, vampires, ghosts, werewolves, giants | 5. Volatile and threatening weather (symbolism) |\n\n\n| Useful vocabulary |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Afflicted Alienate\u003Cbr>Anguish\u003Cbr>Annihilate Apprehensions Beguile Claustrophobia Decomposing\u003Cbr>Despair | Dilapidated\u003Cbr>Discomforted\u003Cbr>Disfigured Enigma\u003Cbr>Entrapment Forbidding Grotesque Hopeless Lamentable | Lifeless Mournfully Obscured Sinister Torturous Unleashed Vengeful Withered Wretched |\n\nSentence Structure  \nSimple Sentence – One main verb and idea/clause.  \n‘It was raining.’ or ‘Jack sang loudly.’  \nCompound– Two simple sentences (clauses) joined by a connective. Both clauses can stand alone.  \n‘It was raining so we stayed indoors.’  \nComplex – Communicates more than one idea. It is made up of one main clause (can stand alone) and one subordinate clause (doesn’t make sense alone) .  \n‘As it was raining, we all decided to stay indoors.’  \nWe can take away the second part, but then we are left with:  \nAs it was raining.  \nNow this is not a simple sentence as it doesn't stand on its own-it needs something else to make sense.  \n\n| Methods used by writers |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Narrative voice | Semantic field |\n| Pathetic fallacy | simile |\n| Contrast | Figurative |\n| Imagery | metaphor |\n| Verb | Personification |\n| Adjective | Symbolism |\n\nStart a new paragraph when there is a change in","cbCaie06tqqLgngW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaie06tqqLgngW","pdf",681480,"English","# Gothic Writing\n## Definition of ‘Gothic’ writing\n## Typical genre features and characters\n## Typical settings\n## Useful vocabulary\n## Sentence structure\n## Methods used by writers","[{\"question\":\"What is the definition of Gothic writing?\",\"answer\":\"Gothic writing focuses on tales of the macabre, fantastic, and supernatural, often set amid haunted castles, graveyards, ruins, and wild picturesque landscapes.\"},{\"question\":\"What typical genre features and characters appear in Gothic writing?\",\"answer\":\"Common features include death and darkness, supernatural elements, curses or prophecies, madness and intense emotions, and mystery and suspense. 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