About the author
What year was Edgar Allan Poe born in?
1809
What is the setting of the story?
The House of Usher
How does the narrator know to visit Roderick at the House of Usher?
A letter
Who owns the house of Usher?
Roderick Usher
What do we call where a story takes place?
The setting
What is an example of the genre of writing that Edgar Allan Poe wrote?
Mystery, suspense, fiction, horror, poetry, criticism, detective stories, ghost stories
What is the weather like outside of the house on the last night of the story?
Stormy, rainy
How long have the narrator and Roderick been friends for?
Since childhood
Who suffers from a mental illness?
Roderick Usher / the owner of the house
What do we call the people in a story or film?
Characters
Where was Edgar Allan Poe from? (City or State)
Boston, Massachusetts
The house of Usher refers to two things, what are they?
The structure (the home) and the family
What foreshadows that the sister is not actually dead when the narrator looks in her coffin?
Her rosy/red/pink cheeks
Who is Roderick's sister?
Madeline
What do we call the person that tells us a the story?
The narrator
Edgar Allan Poe is known as the father of the....
Detective story
Where do Roderick and the narrator temporarily put Madeline's body?
Below the house, the dungeon
What did Roderick die of?
Fear
What is the narrator's name?
Anonymous, no name, unnamed
What do we call the main sequence of events in a story?
Plot
What work was Edgar Allan Poe's "breakthrough"?
The Raven
What happens to the house of Usher at the end of the story?
It collapses to the ground
What scares the narrator when he is reads Roderick a story?
He hears noises that match the noises in the story
What is the specific relationship between Roderick and his sister?
Twins
Clues the author gives the reader to know what will happen later in the story
Foreshadowing