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How effective is ‘The Red Room’ by H.G. Wells as a ghost story?
Paragraph 1- Introduction `Briefly introduce, mentioning the following:
  * Title
  * Author
  * When it was written
  * The use of first person narrative (I)
  * Who the narrator is

Paragraph 2- Write a brief summary of the story:
  * Who is telling the story
  * Where he is – Lorraine Castle
  * What he is there for – and what he’s told
  * What happens to him
  * What he concludes following his experience

Paragraph 3- Analyse the successful ghost story elements (using quotes from the text to support your points)
  *   Start like this:
  * There are many successful ghost story elements in The Red Room; for example the 3 old people.
  * describe
      * who they are
      *   what they look like
      *   how they speak +   their effect on the narrator

Paragraph 4 Another feature of the story which adds to the atmosphere is the author’s use of language.
  * “Tonight of all nights”   (the old woman) comment on effect of this quote and repetition
  * Vocabulary choices – ‘scary’ nouns, verbs, adjectives which create atmosphere quote and comment – look in your notes
  * Use of similes   and metaphors to show the narrator’s state of mind
‘ a little tongue of flame in an ocean of mystery’ metaphor
‘ like a ragged storm cloud sweeping out the stars’ simile
  * Use of personification of the darkness – effect of this
The darkness is described as though it is alive – ‘closed upon me like the shutting of an eye’, ‘wrapped about me in a stifling embrace’
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Paragraph 5 – Conclusion
HG Wells shows the ways the young man changed as a result of his experience in the Red Room.

  * From confident – not believing in ghosts
  * To terrified, flees the room, loses consciousness
  * Again, use quotations to support your points
  * The fact that he changes his opinion about the room shows...
  *   Include...