House of Usher
House of Usher
Raven
Raven
Gothic Literature & Annabel Lee
100
This word best describes the single effect created by the opening description of the house.
What is gloom or darkness
100
The connection between the narrator and Usher
What is a boyhood friendship
100
These elements contribute to the poems effect
What is the repetition of words, the meter, the speaker's sorrow
100
What does the Raven sit on
A statue of the Greek Goddess of Wisdom
100
Why is midnight often used as a time of day in Gothic literature
What is it is dark, ominous, and provides suspense
200
This is why Roderick is in such a sad situation (two parts)
What is his sister's mortal illness and his own illness
200
What disease does Madeline have
Catalepsy
200
These are the feelings that the poet has when he thinks that Lenore may be at his door
What are hope, terror, doubt
200
What is this sentence an example of? But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
What internal rhyme
200
How were the angels described in regards to their feelings towards the narrator and Annabel Lee.
What is the angel's were envious of their love
300
Parallelism in the story
What is the title refers to both the house and the family, also the poem within the story parallels the story itself
300
This detail from the beginning of the story foreshadows or hints at the story's ending
What is the narrator's reference to the fissure and tarn at the start of the story
300
These are the main cause and effect relationship in "The Raven"
What loss and heartbreak
300
What is 'nevermore' an example of in the "The Raven"
What is repetition
300
What is a theme that exists in many of Poe's stories and poems?
What is the romanticism of death (especially of a beautiful woman).
400
How is the house described
What is old, weathered, decrepit, and as having a fissure down the side of it
400
The narrator came to the House of Usher for this reason
What is Roderick sent him a letter
400
What do you call the repetition of a sound in the first syllables of a group of words? For example: Line 1 - "while" "weak" "weary"
What is alliteration
400
What is a concrete image used to represent an abstract quality? (The raven in the poem is an example of one)
What is a symbol
400
According to the speaker of “Annabel Lee,” where does the action described in the poem takes place?
What is a kingdom by the sea
500
Usher's reaction to hearing Madeline escape from the coffin
What is nervous and insane mumbling
500
This is the central theme of The Fall of The House of Usher
A person cut off from the world will be driven mad
500
What does the Raven symbolize
What is the devil; miserary, never being happy again.
500
What device is present in this sentence: 'Quoth The Raven, “Nevermore”'.
What is personification
500
What is the overall tone of the poem?
What is sadness or melancholy
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