Monsters are Due on Maple Street
What is the name of the character who is shot by Charlie when he came back to the town?
Pete Van Horn
1st POV; an unnamed man
Vanilla
List the 3 traits of the "Gothic" column from your study guide.
Supernatural events
Atmosphere of Mystery
Helpless victim
Add a prefix to the word "proper" to change its meaning.
improper
Who was the first person to be seriously accused by the mob in the story?
Les Goodman
Who wrote the Tell Tale Heart?
Edgar Allan Poe
Listen for the clue and write what you hear!
Professor
How is science fiction from the 1960's different from today's genre?
What does the prefix over mean?
too much
Who wrote the Monsters are Due on Maple Street?
Rod Serling
What inspired Poe to write such scary stories?
He had a life full of death.
Listen for the word and write what you hear!
Successful
What are the four traits of "romance" from the gothic romance slideshow?
High emotions
Internal conflict
Symbolism
Difficult decisions
What does the prefix sub mean?
under/below
What is the name for the period in the 1940's-1950's where people were afraid their neighbors could be communist spies?
The Red Scare or McCarthyism
On what night does the killer finally murder the old man?
The 8th night
Listen for the word and write what you hear!
Accommodate
What is a "genre?" Give me a definition or a synonym
Categories stories fall into.
Add a prefix to the word "state" to change its meaning
interstate
What is a theme statement for the Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?
What does the heart SYMBOLIZE in the Tell Tale Heart?
The narrator's own intense emotions (guilt, fear, paranoia)
Listen and type what you hear!
approximate
What is the name of the figure who mysteriously left roses for Edgar Allan Poe every year on his birthday?
The Poe Toaster
wrong or incorrectly