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Gothic Paragraph Planner
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Gothic Paragraph Planner
🔎 Part 1: Analyse a Short Excerpt
1. Read this excerpt and name two features that make it gothic:
"A cold wind rattled the shutters of the empty house. In the dim hall, a shadow moved as if searching for something lost."
2. Copy one strong noun group from the excerpt above (e.g. 'the ghastly, shadowy figure'):
3. Which sentence type is the second sentence in the excerpt?
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
4. Tick punctuation choices that are often used to build suspense in gothic writing (choose two):
Commas for long lists
Dashes (—)
Exclamation marks (!)
Ellipses (...)
5. Match each paragraph purpose (left) with the best example line (right). Draw lines between matching items.
A. Set the eerie atmosphere
B. Show sudden action
C. Reveal a character's thought
1. "Her breath hitched; footsteps echoed behind her."
2. "The moon gave the garden an unnatural, silvery hush."
3. "He wondered if the house remembered him, too, and held its secrets tight."
✏️ Part 2: Plan Your Gothic Paragraph Blocks
6. Briefly describe the moment you will plan (one or two sentences):
7. Plan three paragraph blocks for this moment. For each block: draw a quick box for its length, then write the main purpose and one noun group and one verb group you'll use.
Paragraph 1 — Setting / Mood
Purpose:
Noun group (example):
Verb group (example):
Paragraph 2 — Action / Event
Purpose:
Noun group (example):
Verb group (example):
Paragraph 3 — Reveal / Reaction
Purpose:
Noun group (example):
Verb group (example):
8. Note one punctuation choice and one sentence-type trick you'll use to increase tension across paragraphs:
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