The Classic Ghost Story :
A ghost story may be any piece of fiction, or drama, or an account of an experience, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them. Colloquially, the term can refer to any kind of scary story. In a narrower sense, the ghost story has been developed as a short story format, within genre fiction. It is a form of supernatural fiction and specifically of weird fiction, and is often a horror story. While ghost stories are often explicitly meant to be scary, they have been written to serve all sorts of purposes, from comedy to morality tales. Ghosts often appear in the narrative as sentinels or prophets of things to come. Whatever their uses, the ghost story is in some format present in all cultures around the world, and may be passed down orally or in written form.
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Click here to read "Milk Bottles"
It doesn't get more classic than "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.
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Download the story to follow along with here and then download the assignment.
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telltaleheartletter.pdf | |
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The Cemetery Path: learn how to build suspense by reading this creepy short story
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Scary comes in other Genres too!
Dialogue is an important part of any short story. Practice by interviewing a scary creature:
interviewvampire.pdf | |
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Click on the link to review important dialogue rules. http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/dialogue-rules-kids-3412.html
For more detailed rules regarding dialogue`; download the file:
punctuating.pdf | |
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Practice building a descriptive and interesting image with strong word choice, or build suspense by writing in "Slow Motion"
scarystoryunit.pdf | |
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