Vocabulary
Vocabulary
"The Fall of the House of Usher" Short Story
The Fall of the House of Usher DVD
Mr. Poe's Biography
100
to shake
What is to tremble?
100
despair
What is great unhappiness?
100
Usher's house
What is the setting of "The Fall of the House of Usher?"
100
Vincent Price
Who stars in the movie?
100
"Master of Horror"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
200
to speak or make a sound from your mouth
What is to utter?
200
a synonym for strange
What is a synonym for peculiar?
200
Usher's house sinks into the water.
What is the ending of the story?
200
a horror movie
What kind of movie is the DVD, The Fall of the House of Usher?
200
18 years old
How old was Mr. Poe when he was first published?
300
a strong feeling of worry
What is anxiety?
300
having to do with the mind
What is mental?
300
concerned and thoughtful
What is the pair of words that describes the narrator?
300
the musical instrument that Usher strums in the DVD
What is the lute?
300
40 years old
How old was Edgar Allan Poe when he died?
400
bizarre
What is very strange?
400
to take something away
What is to remove?
400
Both have a mood of anxiety and terror.
What is the similarity between the story and the poem?
400
Philip Winthrop
What is the name of Usher's friend in the DVD?
400
Boston, Massachusetts
Where was Edgar Allan Poe born?
500
The sequence of events in a story. The_______ contains a problem that the main character needs to solve.
What is the plot of a story?
500
to wait around
What is to linger?
500
She has been sick for a long time.
What do you know about Madeline?
500
Usher's house burns to the ground
What is the ending of the DVD?
500
"The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
What other famous stories did Edgar Allan Poe write?
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