Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Tell Tale Heart
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Genre Traits
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100

What is the name of the character who is shot by Charlie when he came back to the town?

Pete Van Horn

100
What POV is this story written in? Bonus points if you can identify the narrator.

1st POV; an unnamed man

100
Listen for the clue and write what you hear!

Vanilla

100

List the 3 traits of the "Gothic" column from your study guide.

Supernatural events

Atmosphere of Mystery

Helpless victim

100

Add a prefix to the word "proper" to change its meaning.

improper

200

Who was the first person to be seriously accused by the mob in the story?

Les Goodman

200

Who wrote the Tell Tale Heart?

Edgar Allan Poe

200

Listen for the clue and write what you hear!

Professor

200

How is science fiction from the 1960's different from today's genre?

We have more advanced technology
200

What does the prefix over mean?

too much

300

Who wrote the Monsters are Due on Maple Street?

Rod Serling

300

What inspired Poe to write such scary stories?

He had a life full of death.

300

Listen for the word and write what you hear!

Successful

300

What are the four traits of "romance" from the gothic romance slideshow?

High emotions

Internal conflict

Symbolism

Difficult decisions

300

What does the prefix sub mean?

under/below

400

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

400

On what night does the killer finally murder the old man?

The 8th night

400

Listen for the word and write what you hear!

Accommodate

400

What is a "genre?" Give me a definition or a synonym

Categories stories fall into.

400

Add a prefix to the word "state" to change its meaning

interstate

500

What is a theme statement for the Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?

Prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.
500

What does the heart SYMBOLIZE in the Tell Tale Heart?

The narrator's own intense emotions (guilt, fear, paranoia)

500

Listen and type what you hear!

approximate

500

What is the name of the figure who mysteriously left roses for Edgar Allan Poe every year on his birthday?

The Poe Toaster

500
What does the prefix "mis" mean

wrong or incorrectly

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