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Effective reading strategies for non-fiction include note-taking to focus on key details, skimming for critical terms, and activating prior knowledge to connect new information with what is already known.

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Horror Genre

Reading Strategies for Non-Fiction

Activating Prior Knowledge
trying to make a connection between the topic of your reading and what you already know about the topic
Using Graphic Organizers
take notes while reading can help you focus on the more important details
Skimming
looking for things you do not recognize and or looking for key terms to get the information you need without having all the little useless details

Subgenres in Horror

Moral Allegory
you break a rule, you get punished

the exorcist

most fairytales

the omen

the fantastic
the source of horror comes from not knowing, we are often told about a supernatural occurrence indirectly

the dome

the blair witch project

the others

Psychological Horror
this genre focuses on deviant or abnormal human psychology. the "monster" is at the center of the story and often represents some aspects of ourselves, the "monster" can be supernatural or human

cape fear

psycho

silence of the lambs

Short Stories (3 well-known horror writers)

is about a small town with a dark tradition
I am the Doorway by Stephen King
told from the point of view of a crippled former astronaut. he provides an account of the terrifying change he undergoes after being exposed to some sort of contagion during a space mission to venus
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed

Film vs Print

print is told through a book
in the books they tell you what the archetypes are and you envision them in your head of what you perceive they are

they rely on vocabulary to make you feel scared

film is produced through a movie
in the movie you can see all the archetypes they used

you can hear the scary music and the screams

Retell (and Narrative POV)

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
i retold the story in fisrt person POV from Mr. Summers POV
told in third person omniscient POV
this story is about a town with a dark tradition

Psychology of Horror (theories why people like horror)

Scared Witless
young people engage in "mastery testing"

young people want to prove to themselves and to others that they can sit through an entire movie without closing their eyes to feel brave and to show others they are not weak

Stephen King On Fear
horror makes us blind

we know that things are not real but yet we still think there is a slight chance of it happening so we go the extra mile to be safe

Sigmund Freud
horror creates strong tense emotions and they build up until there is a sense of relief

that is called "Catharsis"

Archetypes

there is always a villain like a killer/demon
in a house in the middle of the forest
in a graveyard
the dumb character
the smart character
the funny character
usually at night
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