Introduction to Frankenstein / Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Test Practice

Analyze Author’s Purpose

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about the selection.

1. What purpose did telling ghosts stories originally have for Shelley?
a. to express disbelief in the supernatural
b. to entertain herself and her friends
c. to create an eerie mood that matched the story summer
d. to persuade people that creating life can be frightening


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