Other Skills: Character Traits Compare and Contrast Context Clues Fact and Opinion Figurative Language Main / Central Idea Point of View Rhythm & Rhyme Story Elements Summary Symbolism Theme
Mystery stories involve characters who solve a crime or puzzle. The reader of a mystery follows the investigation along with the characters and may attempt to find a solution before the characters do. In suspense writings, the author presents the plot in such a way that the reader is worried or concerned about the eventual outcome. In works of horror, the author uses frightening or gruesome devices to create an atmosphere of fear which ultimately entertains the reader. All three types usually have a dark and strange tone.
A traditional Christmas favorite, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is the tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge l...
Older students will enjoy these Christmas reading passages from classic literature. From the poetry of “A Visit From St. Nichol...
Macabre, dark, foreboding; these adjectives are often used to describe the works of Edgar Allan Poe. While this is true of ma...
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
Adventure II passage: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson...
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from A Study in Scarlet
Chapter III passage: Sherlock Holmes is a master of ...
by Mary Shelley from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Chapter 11 passage: Published in 1818, Mary Shelley'...
Chapter V passage: Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Franke...
by RV Staff Writer J.C.
Something strange happens to Isabella whenever she l...
by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was a master of creating tension in ...
by Charles Dickens from A Christmas Carol
Stave 5 passage: This passage from Charles Dickens’ ...