Woman in Black Escape Room

tHE WOMAN IN BLACK

Gothic Literature Escape Room

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Introduction

"Arthur Kipps is trapped in this house, doomed to wander through it until he recovers the memories of The Woman in Black.To help him find them, you must first pass all the tests and get the missing items in your inventory. Explore the house and try not to get trapped yourself too..."

Explore the house

Inventory

01

How can the author create tension in Gothic Literature?

Full stops and capital letters

PatheticFallacy

First person

02

Which of the following is not typically a Gothic setting?

Shopping centre

Haunted House

Castle

03

What techniques are used here?

"Rising out of the water itself, a gaunt house of grey stone and slate roof, that gleamed steelily in the light"

Simile, personification

Simile, metaphor

Personification, imagery, adverbs

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What technique is used here?

"Windows were rattling everywhere and there was the sound of moaning down all the chimneys of the house and whistling through every nook and cranny"

Simile

Personification

Alliteration

It's not correct...

Find the key to continue

Continue exploring the house

Inventory

01

How do you write a PETA paragraph?

Paragraph, ellipsis, time, automatic

Skip this question

Point, evidence,technique, analysis

Point, evidence, analysis

02

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

The mist was a cobweb of dampness

A mist like a damp,clinging cobwebby thing

The mist overcame me

It was so misty I couldn't see

03

What can fog symbolise in Literature?

Bad weather

Winter

Blurring between imagination and reality

The future

04

Which of the following is key Gothic vocabulary?

Sinister, Foreboding

Happy and sunshine

Skip this question

Scary and sad

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When you have completed the challenge, show your teacher who will give you the password for the next question...

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You found a new item for your inventory

Continue exploring the house

Inventory

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Use the magnifying glass to find the code and then insert it into the typewriter.

224

Introduce el código secreto

Código(224)

A briefcase appeared...

Click the link...

The author uses ,,,,, to suggest what might happen next in the story

01

Similes and metaphors

Tension

Foreshadowing

A type of narrator who is not trustworthy

02

Stream of consciousness

First person narrator

Unreliable narrator

Which of these chapters notably features juxtaposition?

03

Chapter 5- Across the Causeway

Chapter 1 - Christmas Eve

Chapter 2- A London Particular

A briefcase appeared...

congratulations

You've recovered all the ghost's memories! Now he can finally rest and you can escape from the house!

Sure you want to go out?

You will lose all the progress so far...

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Inventory

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Oh, no. You have to complete one last task...

Make sure you watch this carefully...

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01

Why is Arthur going to Eel Marsh House?

To find the documents for Mrs Drablow

I don't know

On holiday

You need to collect your book from the teacher. They will give you the secret code for the next question.

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Enter the password

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"I did not believe in ghosts. I did not believe in ghosts"

What techniques are used here?

Simile

Repetition

Imagery

01

How does the use of repetition create a gothic atmosphere?

Shows how Kipps is desperately trying to hold on to his logcal beliefs. He is trying to convince himself but it has the opposite effect on the reader.

He is forgetting what he has previously said.

Proves that ghosts are not real

Write the correct answer in your book

03

What techniques are used here?

"Rising out of the water itself, a gaunt house of grey stone and slate roof, that gleamed steelily in the light"

Simile, personification

Simile, metaphor

Personification, imagery, adverbs

01

How does the use of personification create a gothic atmosphere?

It shows the house is tall and scary.

The house itself becomes foreboding and gloomy like The Woman in Black.

It makes the house seem human

Write the correct answer in your book

01

"It was a mist like a damp, clinging cobwebby thing'

What techniques are used here?

Simile,pathetic fallacy

Personification

Juxtaposition

03

How does the simile create a gothic atmosphere?

Suggests Arthur is caught in a trap and cannot escape

Shows that there is a misty fog

Shows there are old cobwebs

Inventor

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When you have completed the challenge, show your teacher who will give you the password for the next question...

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How does Mr Jerome create a sense of fear?

By charging Kipps more money to take him to Eel Marsh House

Through the posession of his wife

Through his reluctancy to talk, isolating Kipps and contributing towards the conspiracy of silence

Your final task

Find your exercise book and a copy of the Woman in Black. You need to write a PETA paragraph. How does Susan Hill create a gothic atmosphere in the The Woman in Black?

How does Susan Hill create a gothic atmosphere in the The Woman in Black?

Use your notes from today to help... Once you have finished, you must show the teacher who will give you a secret code...

Think about:Pathetic fallacy Juxtaposition The narrator...

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