Facts about Poe
Short Stories
Poetry
Gothic
Literary Terms common during the Gothic Period
100
1809
When was Poe born?
100
Recognized as the first detective story.
What is "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"?
100

A scary stone figure on buildings

What are gargoyles?

100

Gothic time of day

What is midnight or time of night in general?

100
"Until at length a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider"
What is a simile?
200

Virginia

Who was Poe's wife?

200
"Villains!" I shrieked,"Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! - tear up the planks! here, here! - it is the beating of his hideous heart!"
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
200

The author of Frankenstein's monster.

Who was Mary Shelley?

200
Gothic oudoor setting
What is a graveyard?
200
"Their voices were a dreamy hum"
What is a metaphor?
300
Allan
What is the last name of Poe's foster family?
300
When it met my body, it would cut into my clothes, my flesh, and then my heart."
What is "The Pit and The Pendulum"?
300

A story about a doctor letting his "inner demons" out.

What is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

300
brought Gothic literature to America
Who is Poe?
300
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore!"
What is repetition?
400

Elizabeth

Who was Poe's mother?

400
"You fancy me mad. Mad men know nothing."
What is "The Tell Tale Heart"?
400

The author of Dracula.

Who was Abraham (Bram) Stoker?

400

Typical mental state of the narrator or the male character of a Gothic story

What is insane?

400
"Dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before"
What is alliteration?
500
Baltimore 1849
Where and when did Poe die?
500
rats, ropes, and General Lasalle
What is "The Pit and The Pendulum"?
500

Frankenstein

Who is the doctor (Victor Frankenstein) who built a monster?

500

Rats, bats, dark cats and other black animals

What are representations of demons and ghostly figures?

500
"There was a painted figure of Father Time, an old man with a long beard."
What is personification?
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