HORROR Where Did It All Begin? Stories around the campfire! Teaching lessons and giving warnings that must be heeded Modern Times Urban Legends.

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HORROR

Where Did It All Begin? Stories around the campfire! Teaching lessons and giving warnings that must be heeded Modern Times Urban Legends

….how did the genre begin? *Mary Shelley maintained that she derived the name "Frankenstein" (1818) from a dream-vision..... *Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker Vlad Tepes. Romania

Taking Control of Our Fears  People love to be afraid! It is human nature to look forward to being scared. It is a way to control those primal urges.  Fear of the unknown: Is she going to make it out of the house? Why is she running down to the basement? Why didn’t you pick up that axe? Are you really going to go outside after finding three of your friends dead?

Horror now…..?

Literature

Literature Terms: Narrator Point-of-View Unreliable Narrator Inference

Narrator—the voice that tells the story Point-of-View—the perspective from which a story is told (1 st person, 3 rd person) Unreliable Narrator—a narrator the reader cannot trust (for whatever reason) Inference—logical conclusion based on text and your own knowledge

Literature Terms: Foreshadowing Suspense Mood Theme

Foreshadowing—when a writer gives hints about future events in the story Suspense—the feeling of growing tension while you wait to see what happens Mood—the feeling or atmosphere created by the story Theme—the message about life which the author is trying to share with the reader

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Edgar Allan POE