Literary Terms
What Happened?
Who was Poe?
This or That
Who Knew
100

He had the eye of a vulture--a pale blue eye, with a film over it.

Metaphor

100

Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?

His hearing

100

Where was Poe born?

Boston, Mass.

100

What do we learn about the narrator when he asks the policemen to sit and rest in the same room where he's hidden the body?

He's confident, bold 

100

Name one difference regarding the policemen in the movie and the story 

3 policemen were in the story and only 2 in the movie

200

I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.

Verbal Irony (Irony)

200

What sound on the eighth night causes the old man to wake up?

The narrator chuckles

200

Who did Poe live with after his  mother died ?

John and Frances Allan took care of Poe.

200

A watch's minute hand moves more quickly than did mine.

Hyperbole

200

What is the tone?

Villian's I shrieked, dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the planks!

hysterical, excited

300

"All in vain; because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim."

Personification

300

What worries the narrator the most about the heart beating sound he hears on the eighth night?

That the neighbors will hear it.

300

What did his mother do for a living?

She was an actress

300

I felt that I must scream or die!--and now--again! hark! louder! louder!

Hypebole

300

What is the tone?

I grew furious as I gazed upon it. All a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled my bones and I knew I must kill the old man.

mad, insane, unstable

400

"So I opened it...until, at length, a single dim ray, like the thread of a spider, shot from out the crevice and full upon the vulture eye."

Simile

400

How does the narrator murder the old man in the video?

He smothers him with a pillow.

400

Where did Poe die and how did he die?

He died in Baltimore and the cause is a mystery to this day.

400

Why is it ironic that the old man closed and locked the whole house in fear of robbers?

Because danger is right in the house with him.

400

And every morning, I went boldly into his room, and spoke courageously to him in a hearty tone, inquiring how he slept.

polite, kindly, cordial

500

I thought the heart must burst.

Hyperbole

500

Why does the narrator think the police officers don't hear the noise?

He thinks they're mocking him by pretending not to hear it.

500

What genre did Poe invent? He is the Father of this.

The Detective Stories

500

Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees--very gradually--I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.

Idiom

500

What was different about the video and the story in regard to blood after the murder?

The narrator said there was none and bragged about it.

In the video he had blood on his sleeve.