Literary Terms
Short Story Titles
It's all about "P"oe
Who was that madman?
Numbers!
100
"Harsh grating as of a thousand thunders."
What is simile?
100
"Up to the period when I fell I had counted fifty-two paces, and upon resuming my walk, I had counted forty-eight more."
What is "The Pit and the Pendulum?"
100
An unfaithful leader.
Who is Prince Prospero?
100
White fur on a cat turns into gallows.
Who is the narrator from "The Black Cat?"
100
Black cats.
What is two?
200
"replaced the boards so cleaverly so cunningly"
What is alliteration?
200
"I was especially fond of animals, and was indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets."
What is "The Black Cat?"
200
Montessor from "The Cask of Amontillado"
What is protagonist?
200
Thought a painting was better than real life.
Who is the painter from "The Oval Portrait?"
200
Rooms at the masquerade. ****** Daily Double****** Get it right - double the point value.
What is seven?
300
"and now-again-hark! louder! louder! louder! LOUDER!"
What is anaphora?
300
"Upon awaking from slumber, I could never gain, at once, thorough possession of my senses, and always remained, for many minutes, in much bewilderment and perplexity."
What is "The Premature Burial?"
300
Another word for disease.
What is "pestilence?"
300
Spent hours starring at an evil eye.
Who is the narrator from "The Tell Tale Heart?"
300
Time to look at the old man...
What is twelve?
400
"but the figure in question had out-Heroded Herod"
What is allusion?
400
"Long-long I read- and devoutly, devotedly I gazes. Rapidly and gloriously the hours flew by and the deep midnight came."
What is "The Oval Portrait?"
400
Symbolizes hell.
What is the pit?
400
Family Motto: No One Attacks Me With Impunity.
Who is Montressor?
400
Night the old man dies.
What is eight?
500
In the "Cask of Amontillado" the setting begins at a cheerful carnival and ends in an eerie catacomb.
What is irony?
500
"He was still sitting up in bed, listening; just as I have done night after night."
What is "The Tell Tale Heart?"
500
The narrator of "The Black Cat" believes it is human nature.
What is "perverseness?"
500
Cries and kills at the same time.
Who is the narrator from "The Black Cat?"
500
Poe dies (age).
What is forty?
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