Having examined the traditional Gothic genre through the study of Poe, we today directed our attention to a modern twist on the genre, the Southern Gothic exemplified by William Faulkner. I outlined on the board the characteristics of Faulkner's style , and discussed how through allusions to the Civil War ,the Southern Gothic often is driven by the haunting historical ghost of slavery. Nina first located examples of the traditional Gothic elements in the opening pages of "A Rose For Emily" and I directed attention to the Civil War allusions ( a word I defined). I further defined imagery, metaphor ,and simile, after which Nina identified Faulkner's visual imagery as manifested in various similes and metaphors. Last, we analyzed the unique point of view of the story, the plural "we" . During the second half of the session, I distributed a grammar assessment exercise which I reviewed.Additonally, I distributed an essay prompt on Poe, and we discussed how to create an essay outline ,a topic sentence, and an introduction paragraph. HW- complete grammar assessment, write first paragraph, read next section of story.