Family
Childhood
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Analyzing Poetry
Classical I
100
Edgar Allan Poe's mother's name
Who is Eliza Poe?
100
The exact age Edgar Allan Poe began to write poetry
What is 13 years old?
100
The name/significance of who Edgar Allan Poe married
Who is Virginia, his first cousin?
100
The name of (1) poem by Edgar Allan Poe
What is:
"Alone"
"The Lake"
"Annabel Lee"
"The Raven"
among others....
100
Name of one of your 5th-grade teachers
Who is ______?
200
The number of brothers and sisters Edgar Allan Poe had
What is one brother & one sister?
200
The kind of schools EAP mostly attend throughout his childhood
What are boarding schools?
200
What false name did EAP go by when he enlisted in the military?
Who is Edgar A. Perry?
200
The meaning of "infer/inference"
What is draw conclusions based on the text?
200
The school colors
What are navy blue and white?
300
The city Edgar Allan Poe and his family moved from AND the city they relocated to when he was a child
What are Boston AND NYC?
300
The exact age Edgar Allan Poe began to read Latin fluently
What is 6 years old?
300
What addiction problem did Edgar Allan Poe and his family struggle with?
What is Alcoholism?
(His dad and brother also struggled with this addiction.)
300
The meaning of "tone"
What is the author’s attitude toward the subject?
300
The highest grade at Classical
What is 8th grade?
400
Edgar Allan Poe's mother and father's occupation
What are actors?
400
The exact age of Edgar Allan Poe when his mother died
What is 2 years old?
400
What did EAP do with his first poem? Why?
What is threw it in the fire because his friends teased him
400
The name of this graphic organizer
What is a Venn diagram?
400
The Director of South Bronx Classical School 1
Who is Ms. Linnehan?
500
Description of (3) important events that changed the Poe's lives
What are:
1. Eliza became a rising star in Boston
2. Eliza gave birth to Edgar
3. The Poes performed in a very famous theater in NYC
500
A description of (2) events that caused resentment between EAP and Allan
What is:
-EAP felt uncertain of his position since he was never formally adopted (Allan interpreted that as a lack of gratitude)
-Money for school
-Allan getting remarried
500
A timeline of at least (2) major events in the life of Edgar Allan Poe
What is _______?
500
The name of the poet who wrote “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” and "O Captain! My Captain!"
Who is Walt Whitman?
500
The address of South Bronx Classical I
What is 977 Fox Street, Bronx, New York 10459?