Gothic Literature Vocab

2. Soil or earth, especially the ground where someone is buried.
4. A small tower on a castle or building, often used for protection or defense.
8. Showing abilities, intelligence, or maturity at a younger age than expected.
10. The feeling or atmosphere a story creates for the reader.
14. Irony When the audience or reader knows something that a character does not.
17. Listening carefully or paying close attention to something.
18. A feeling of excitement, worry, or nervousness about what might happen next.
20. Descriptive language that helps readers imagine something using their five senses.
23. A structure made of strips of wood or metal that cross each other, often found in windows or fences.
24. Having cold air blowing through small openings, such as cracks in windows or doors.

1. A small hill or pile of earth, dirt, or another material.
3. Continuing without stopping, slowing down, or becoming less intense.
5. To make someone's hair messy or untidy.
6. Hit or struck something with great force.
7. When an author gives hints or clues about what will happen later in a story.
9. An idea, image, object, or symbol that appears repeatedly in a story.
11. Not obvious or easy to notice.
12. A hidden place where a wild animal or dangerous person lives or hides.
13. To slowly become weaker, smaller, or less intense.
15. Serious, calm, or thoughtful rather than playful or silly.
16. Old and worn out from being used so much that the fabric has become thin.
18. Very wise.
19. Tried very hard to do something difficult.
21. So annoying or unpleasant that it is difficult to tolerate.
22. Describes a style of writing that includes dark, mysterious, frightening, or supernatural elements.