Horror Genre (Middle years)

About Standards
Introduction
Story - Narrative
Middle years and up
drill and practice
horror
evoking emotion
point of view
pov
environmental description
action
controlling pace
release of detail
mystery
understated horror
suspense
vivid description
overstated horror
interior monologue
dread
horror tropes
describing emotion
word choice
rising suspense
describing monsters
releasing tension
style
voice
Purpose
Practise quickly mimicking a voice or style.
Description
Quick and fun. One picture, five exercises in different writing styles: understated, overstated, in the protagonist's head, entering a dark place, and action horror. Students are give a snippet and a worked example, and they write their own version. Who can do the best impression? Each exercise stands alone. Do one each day, or do them all in one go.
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