Creative Writing Forms

1. Hinting at future events to create tension.
5. When nature reflects a character’s emotions, like a storm during sadness.
9. When something represents a deeper meaning, like a raven for death.
11. A Gothic convention involving ghosts, spirits, or unexplainable events.
14. Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.
15. A genre featuring horror, death, romance, and the uncanny.
16. A typical Gothic theme where characters are physically or emotionally cut off.
17. The main character, often flawed or haunted in Gothic stories.

2. A feeling of anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
3. Placing two contrasting ideas side by side for effect.
4. A common emotion in Gothic fiction, linked to loss or hopelessness.
6. A scene set in an earlier time, often revealing secrets or trauma.
7. The mood or feeling created by a text, often eerie or ominous in Gothic literature.
8. A storyteller whose credibility is compromised, adding mystery.
10. The time and place of a story; often isolated or decaying in Gothic fiction.
12. The character or force that opposes the protagonist.
13. Repetition of initial consonant sounds, often for mood or emphasis.