Vocabulary
Insufferable
Unbearable; too extreme to handle.
Who owns the house?
Roderick Usher
The story is told from what point of view?
First person
In Mad Trist, what does the word “trist” mean?
And who is the hero of the tale?
a secret meeting between lovers;
Ethelred
Acute
Sharp or intense.
What is the name of Roderick's sister?
Madeline
What literary device is used in the following sentence:
"The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered."
Imagery
In what century was Poe born?
19th century
Pervade
To spread throughout.
How did Roderick contact the narrator?
By letter
What literary device is used in the following sentence:
"... upon the vacant eye-like windows."
Personification
How many times does a sound in the mansion strangely echo an event in Mad Trist as the narrator reads aloud?
three times
Pallid
Pale, lacking color or liveliness.
In what season does the story take place?
Autumn
What sound device is used in the following sentence:
""During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day..."
Alliteration
What does the phrase “the House of Usher” refer to, and how does the ending fulfill both meanings?
It refers to both the Usher family and their mansion. At the end, Roderick and Madeline die, ending the family line, while the mansion collapses into the tarn.
enraged
extremely angry
What story does the narrator read to Roderick to calm him down?
The Mad Trist (by Sir Launcelot Canning)
“…the huge antique pannels … threw slowly back … their ponderous and ebony jaws.”
Identify TWO literary devices in this description.
metaphor and personification
(esp. animal imagery / zoomorphism)
What is the title of the ballad Usher sings while playing his guitar?
And how many stanzas does it contain?
The Huanted Palace
Six stanzas