Collection 2: What Is the Horror Genre?

As you read Sharon A. Russell's "What Is the Horror Genre?" learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 8's Collection 2: The Tell-Tale Heart, Scary Tales, The Monkey's Paw, What Is the Horror Genre?
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  1. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  2. suspense
    excited anticipation of an approaching climax
  3. intensify
    increase in extent or strength
  4. anticipation
    an expectation
  5. justify
    show to be right by providing proof
  6. distinction
    a discrimination between things as different
  7. parallel
    something analogous to something else
  8. consider
    think about carefully; weigh
  9. fantastic
    extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance
  10. source
    someone who originates or causes or initiates something
  11. Jekyll and Hyde
    someone with two personalities - one good and one evil
  12. demonic
    extremely evil or cruel
  13. possession
    being controlled by passion or the supernatural
  14. quest
    the act of searching for something
  15. assumption
    a statement that is held to be true
Created on Thu Jul 03 13:04:50 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Jul 04 11:36:39 EDT 2014)

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