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For many high school readers, Gothic fiction, fantasy, and horror are genres that maximize engagement with literature. “The Lurking Fear” by H.P. Lovecraft is a compelling short story that features elements consistent with those genres: ghosts; unsolved murders; secret investigations; and cannibalistic, apelike creatures. With this bundle of high school resources covering “The Lurking Fear” English teachers will save valuable time at home without sacrificing rigor in the classroom. Included are the following: a multiple choice, plot-based quiz; a worksheet composed of rigorous close reading questions; the public domain narrative; and answer keys. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats.
By completing the quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:
General description of the narrator
Setting
A gruesome inciting incident
Preparations for an emergency escape
Secondary characters and their fates
Natural disasters that transpire
The distinguishing physical characteristic of an antagonist
The narrator’s peculiar observations
Complications facing the narrator
A new demonic attack
A physical description of monstrous beings
The beings’ horrifying behavior
The resolution
By completing the close reading analysis worksheet, students will:
Analyze context clues and draw logical inferences about character motivations
Analyze the narrator’s remarks to infer how he feels toward the poor
Analyze Arthur Munroe’s actions and statements to discern how he is best characterized
Analyze how Lovecraft’s description of setting contributes to the narrative’s overarching mood