Life of Poe
This is Poe's most famous work
What is "The Raven"?
The theme of the story is
Revenge
On line 48, page 142, The Raven says to the narrator ______
Nevermore
He cried like a baby, is an example of this literary device
What is Simile?
Despite being a very successful author in his time, he constantly faced financial troubles due to these two vices
Montressor plays the role of ____ in the story
Who is Protagonist?
Our narrator is mourning his beloved _____.
Who is Lenore?
This sentence is an example of ______
"My pencil danced across the page"
What is Tuberculosis?
The significance of the second line into the story: "You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat." (Poe 344)
The first line of the poem establishes what literary device
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" (Poe 140)
"Bart, he's establishing mood!"
Mood is ______
Tone is _______
What is
How the reader feels?
How the author writes?
This is the year Poe was born
When is 1809?
The coat of arms of house Montressor
What is "A huge human foot d'or, in a field azure, the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel" (Poe 347).
The Raven can be interpreted as a symbol for the narrator's ______
Grief
Define the three kinds of literary Irony
What are
Dramatic Irony- Audience knows, character's don't
Situational- Contrary to expectations
Verbal- Sarcasm
Poe's last words
What is "Lord, help my poor soul"?
The two wines that Fortunato drinks as they descend the catacombs
What are "Medoc" and "De Grave"?
Define
Bust of Pallas
and
Plutonian Shores
What is
Statue of the head and shoulders of Athena
and
Having to do with Pluto, God of the Underworld
Mrs. L's choice
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