English Notes
The House of Usher
Elements of a short story
Punctuation
Literary Devices
100

I live over ______, by the park.

there

100

Who wrote "The Fall of the House of Usher"?

Edgar Allen Poe

100
The people in the story.
What are characters?
100
This appears at the end of an exciting sentence.
When do you use an exclamation point?
100
These key words identify a simile
What is like or as
200
Madeline and Roderick are twins. _________ also both a bit on the crazy side.

They're

200

What are the names of the two family members still alive at the beginning of the story?

Roderick & Madeline

200
Setting
What is the place in which the story takes place?
200
This mark appears at the end of an inquiry.
What is a question mark?
200

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.

What is an alliteration?

300

What do we call evidence that does not support a claim effectively?

irrelevant evidence

300

Where was Madelina buried?

in the family vault

300
Atmosphere
What do you call the mood/tone of the story?
300
Use this to break up items in a list, or to show a pause
What is a comma?
300
Life is a journey is this type of device.
What is a metaphor?
400

What is the possessive form of the word "they"?

their

400

What kills Roderick?

fear

400
the highest point of dramatic action
What is climax?
400
It appears at the end of a statement.
What is a period?
400
The chair groaned when Mrs. Alexander sat on it.
What is personification?
500

Which section of the Regents does the Text-Analysis Response appear in?

Part III
500

What is the name of the allegorical poem within The Fall of the House of Usher?

The Haunted Castle

500
Background information about setting, mood, characters and situation.
What is the exposition?
500
This separates two separate and full thoughts, when a period will not work.
What is a semi-colon?
500
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.
What is parallelism?
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