Gothic in the Deathly Hallows: Guiding the reader's eye

About Standards
Detailed practice
Story - Narrative
Middle years and up
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J K Rowling
gothic
controlling focus
word choice
evoking emotion
evoking mood
creepy
spooky
beauty
dread
sensory description
point of view
pov
project
Purpose
Use language to direct the reader's eye to important elements in a scene.
Description
This lesson looks at how J.K. Rowling guides the reader's eye in the opening of the Godric's Hollow sequence in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We also look at how she uses language to create a particularly gothic balance of beauty and dread. We rewrite a single paragraph, looking at each clause in detail, and end with a checkpoint piece.
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