Suspense and Horror: Gothic Writing across Time

Question 1

Which characteristic of suspense does the story include?a slowing of the plot✔ a darkening mooda surprise ending

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ a darkening mood

Question 2

How does Irving’s use of suspense affect the story?It affirms that everything will end well.It reveals the narrator to be unreliable.✔ It creates a mood of anxiety and uncertainty.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ It creates a mood of anxiety and uncertainty.

Question 3

What characteristics of American gothic fiction does “The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture” include? Choose the three best answers.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

elements of the supernatural; an appeal to emotion; an ominous tone

Question 4

What does Irving use to build suspense in the story? Check the five best answers.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the odd collection of guests; the lack of detail about the haunted room experiment; the scene in the bedroom when the picture “haunts” the narrator; the breakfast scene, when the narrator is revealed as the man who saw the ghost; the host’s explanation, which promises to reveal the purpose of the story

Question 5

How does the description of the expression in the picture increase suspense at this point in the story?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It never explains the cause of the pain.

Question 6

What effect does the increase in suspense have on the mood?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It encourages the reader to keep reading.

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