Horror Genre
Tell Tale Heart A
Tell Tale Heart B
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
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1. Edgar Allan Poe is considered the “Father of___________”
What is "the modern mystery"?
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The narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” says that his disease has done this to him
What is sharpened his senses?
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The narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” waits _______ before killing the old man.
What is one week?
100
To conceive of something is to
What is think of it?
100
Intensify means
What is to grow stronger?
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The author of “What is the Horror Genre?” says that defining the horror genre by subjects, like monsters, is possible or impossible?
What is "not always possible since some horror stories do not have monsters"
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How does the author of “The Tell-Tale Heart” create suspense?
What is "describing what the narrator did before the murder"
200
You know the narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” is an unreliable narrator when he says/does what?
What is "says he is sane, but then describes how cleverly he hid the body. "
200
Vex means to
What is annoy?
200
A quest is
What is a search?
300
Suspense in a horror story greater than in other types of stories because
Readers know from the start that something bad is going to happen.
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This is how many cops came to check on the old man and the narrator after being informed of a shriek
What is 3?
300
The narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” upset with the police at the end of the story because
What is He thinks the police are making fun of him.
300
Stifle means
What is smother?
300
Justify means
What is to prove something is right?
400
An unlikely setting for a horror story is
What is a bright beautiful park?
400
Which point of view is the story told in?
1st person
400
Give one way the narrator tries to prove he is sane and not "mad". (use evidence from the story)
Answers will vary
400
Derision means
What is ridicule?
400
Give a sentence that uses the word audacity correctly.
Answers may vary.
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In horror stories, readers expect a strong connection between what two things?
What is the story events and setting ?
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What are 2 details from the story to describe the appearance of the old man's eye and how does it affect the narrator.
2 details how it affects him
500
Audacity means
What is shameless daring?
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Use the word derision correctly in a sentence.
Answers may vary.
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