any conscious choice the writer makes - this could be using a simile or choosing a specific word

using as few words as possible to express as much meaning as possible

A written analysis of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

English

Context for Gothic literature: science and religion in the 19th century

Identifying features of the Gothic genre in the plot of ‘Frankenstein’

Exploring the character of Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’

Reading an extract from 'Frankenstein': A fateful night

Frankenstein's reaction to his creation

'Frankenstein' and the Gothic context

Regret in Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein'

Frankenstein's regret and the scientific revolution

Planning a written analysis of 'Frankenstein'

A written analysis of 'Frankenstein'

An introduction to 'Jane Eyre': Analysing an unseen extract

Reading an extract from Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Jane Eyre’

Lowood Institution: Gothic settings in 'Jane Eyre'

Analysing the atmosphere at Thornfield Hall in ‘Jane Eyre’

Using ‘Jane Eyre’ to inspire our use of gothic vocabulary

Using semantic fields to create a gothic atmosphere

Using figurative language to create a gothic atmosphere

Planning a Gothic description inspired by 'A monster within'

Organising our gothic writing to build tension

Writing a gothic description

Editing descriptive writing based on ‘A monster within’

Reading 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

The creation of suspense in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Symbolism in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Planning a cohesive argument about 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Analysing effective opinion articles

Using description in functional writing

The structure of an opinion article

Planning an opinion article about Gothic literature

Writing an opinion article on Gothic literature

Improving your opinion article on Gothic literature

In 'A Monster Within', pupils explore extracts from Gothic fiction. In 'Gothic Poetry', pupils apply this learning to the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe.

In 'The Twisted Tree', pupils are introduced to the Gothic genre. In 'A Monster Within', pupils explore Gothic motifs in a range of more challenging texts.

In this unit, pupils explore the Gothic. They start by learning what the Gothic is, before reading extracts from 'Frankenstein' and 'Jane Eyre', practising descriptive writing and reading 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. They finally learn how to write opinion articles and then write their own.

A monster within: reading and writing Gothic fiction

Depiction or discussion of serious mental health issues including eating disorders, self-harm, suicide or attempted suicide, or the aftermath of such an event.

Depiction or discussion of mental health issues

Which question word forces you to think about the writer's use of methods?

Which piece of punctuation does Poe use to show the narrator's escalating delusions in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

it uses as many words as possible to express as little meaning as possible

it uses as few words as possible to express as little meaning as possible

it uses as few words as possible to express as much meaning as possible

it uses as many words as possible to express as much meaning as possible

If an essay is concise, what does this mean?

The writer's {{ }} is any decision that the writer makes consciously. 

The narrator tells us: "I felt that I must scream"....

The narrator "felt" that "I must scream"....

The narrator said he "felt" that "I must scream"...

The narrator "felt that [he] must scream"...

The narrator "felt" that he "must scream"....

Which of the following are examples of embedded quotations?

“Gasped” here shows the narrator’s sheer panic and loss of control.

"Gasped" shows that the feels suffocated by his delusions.

"Gasped" shows that the narrator is appalled by the police officers.

"Gasped" shows how excited the narrator is for his crimes to be discovered.

What is the effect of this quotation from 'The Tell-Tale Heart': "I gasped for breath—and yet the officers heard it not"?

What narrative perspective is 'The Tell-Tale Heart' written from? 

What language method is used in the following quotation from 'The Tell-Tale Heart': "it is the beating of his hideous heart"?

Complete the quotation from 'The Tell-Tale Heart': "True!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am ...?"

Which of the following is not an example of the writer's method?

Complete the quotation from 'The Tell-Tale Heart': "To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. I fairly {{ }} at the idea".

Match the key vocabulary up to its definition.

Starter Quiz

What narrative perspective is 'The Tell-Tale Heart' written from?