1. Poe and Faulkner

2. Know each selection!  Know the author and title  Know the basic plot/characters  Know the theme  Know what the author is criticizing (what aspect of humanity or society is the author critical of)

3. Literary Terms!  Allegory  Diction  Imagery  Setting  Mood  Theme  Arabesque  Grotesque

4. Gothic Genre!  Know the elements of Gothic literature  Look back at your notes from the beginning of the unit

5. Vocabulary!  Know the words from your Gothic unit vocabulary list  10 will be on the test

6. Edgar Allen Poe  Know a few key facts about him  Stories:  Masque of the Red Death  Hop Frog  The Raven  The Pit and the Pendulum

7. William Faulkner  Southern Gothic writer, best known for his novels  A Rose for Emily