Pit & Pendulum Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Gothic Devices
Edgar Allan Poe
"The Raven" Vocabulary
100
Deformity, abnormality
What is "grotesqueness"
100
language that compares two things by using "like" or "as"
What is a simile
100
A cemetery or haunted house
What is an example of a Gothic setting
100
His mother
Who died when Poe was very young
100
Shining or full of light
What is "Radiant"
200
a ravine or gorge, split in the earth
What is "chasm"
200
a figure of speech that compare two things without the use of like or as
What is a metaphor
200
Devils, vampires, ghosts
What is a Gothic character
200
His cousin, Virginia
Who did Poe marry?
200
A hot, smoldering piece of wood from a fire
What is "ember"
300
Gluttony or greed
What is "voracity"
300
Giving human nature or traits to animals or inanimate objects
What is personification
300
Ancestral curse
What is an example of a Gothic theme or plot
300
Tuberculosis
What did Virginia die from?
300
Cold and damp
What is "bleak"
400
Examining, seriously questioning
What is "inquisitorial"
400
Using a picture of a heart to show love is an example of __
What is symbolism
400
Uses entrapment and imprisonment as a Gothic plot device
What is the "Saw" movies series
400
A writer and newspaper editor
What was Edgar Allan Poe's occupation (job)?
400
Attractively old-fashioned
What is "quaint"
500
Knowledge or insight
What is "cognizance"
500
The swinging pendulum in The Pit and the Pendulum (used for what?)
What is a torture and death device (machine)
500
Using wooden stakes or garlic for vampires
What is Superstition
500
How Edgar Allan Poe died
It is a mystery that continues to this day
500
Stopping or ceasing
What is "surcease"
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