Background
A genre of writing (and now movies and shows) that Edgar Allan Poe can be credited with making.
What is Detective Fiction
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator was kind to the old man for a week before the murder for this reason.
What is so the old man would not be suspicious?
To brighten with light or to make clear.
What is illuminate?
A type of clause used in this quote: "The narrator whispered because he feared discovery."
What is an adverb clause?
This is an extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
This was the cause of Edgar Allan Poe's mother's death.
What is tuberculosis?
In "The Black Cat," the narrator begins to see this symbol take shape in the white patch on the new cat's chest.
What is the Gallows?
Decribes something wet and filthy, as though having been dragged through mud?
What is bedraggled?
A subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective clause?
The type of figurative language used in this sentence: "death stalked him and the man felt him creeping closer every minute."
What is personification?
The amount of money Poe earned from his poem "The Raven," which was referred to as an overnight sensation.
What is fourteen dollars?
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," this is what drives the narrator to murder.
What is the old man's eye?
To reject something as untrue.
What is repudiate?
An adjective clause is found in the sentence: "The cat that had a small white patch on its chest reminded the narrator of Pluto."
What is "that had a small white patch on its chest?"
The type of figurative language used in the quote: "the vulture eye."
What is a metaphor?
Poe's wife, who he had a very happy relationship with, until she died of tuberculosis.
Who is Poe's young cousin?
In "The Black Cat," this is what leads to the narrator's crime being discovered.
What is his overconfidence (tapping the wall) that alerts the cat who has been stuck inside?
Dependent upon chance; lacking any definite plan.
What is haphazard?
An adverb clause is introduced by this kind of conjunction.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
The type of figurative language used in the quote: "such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton."
What is a simile?
Edgar Allen Poe resorted to this when his foster father left him with no money, and Poe was incredibly broke.
What is burning his furniture for heat?
Both narrators in "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" attempt to convince the reader of this 'fact.'
What is they are not mad (insane)?
Extremely attentive to sensory input; keen
What is perceptive?
Adjective clauses begin with these (who, whose, whom, that, which)
What are the relative pronouns?
The similarities and difference between simile and metaphor.
What is a comparison between two unlike things (one using like or as)?