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concepts of mood, tone, and Gothic elements.

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  • Name a Gothic element in the story.
    Eerie setting / psychological tension / mystery
  • What is the author’s attitude in the line “The stranger seemed both ordinary and unsettling”?
    Tone: Curious and cautious
  • How does the author make the house feel strange?
    Through descriptions like “smaller, darker, less familiar”
  • Mood or Tone: “The father forced a smile, though his hands were trembling.”
    Both — Mood: tense; Tone: uneasy / cautious
  • Why does the stranger make the story feel Gothic?
    He is mysterious, unsettling, and changes ordinary life into something strange
  • Give one word that describes the story’s tone.
    Curious / cautious / suspicious
  • What feeling does the word “silently” in “The stranger stood silently in the doorway” create?
    Mood: Uneasy / mysterious
  • What is one way the author makes readers feel suspense?
    By using ordinary settings with strange or unexpected events
  • What words in the story create suspense?
    “Shadow,” “quiet,” “trembling,” “held its breath”
  • Give one word that describes the story’s overall mood.
    Mysterious / tense / uneasy
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