Unit 1
In the fall of usher(pg.13-30)
What is the setting stated?
Dull,dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year.
What does distress mean?
Unhappiness or pain.
What type of story is Romeo and Juliet.
A play.
What does plundered mean?
took something by force
chimed definition?
rang;made the sound of of a bell.
What does fissure mean?
long, narrow crack or opening.
What is the Latin root of -ject-?
To thorw
What does mutiny mean?
Open rebellion against lawful authority.
Fugitives definition?
People fleeing from danger or law enforcement.
attending definition?
being present;taking care of things.
In paragraph 8 what is the meaning the story uses for cadaverousness?
Quality of being like a dead body.
What does amelioration mean?
act of making something better or less painful.
What does tryst mean?
secret romantic meeting
Avenge definition?
to get revenge.
flutterd definition?
waved gently.
What happens to usher when the ghost comes out in to the open which is the climax.
He dies of a hard attack due to fear.
What is the story speaking to normally?
The audience
What is a rhetorical question?
questions asked for effect
dispatched definition?
finished something quickly.
delicately definition?
carefully; with grace and gentleness
What is the sound devices in the poem?
allteration, consonance, assonance.
What does synchronizing mean?
Adjusting so as to move at the same rate and in the same way.
What is generalization?
Broad statement or idea that applies to many specific cases
ventured definition?
tried something dangerous.
tremulous definition?
trembling;quivering;timid;fearful.