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100

Edgar Allan Poe was born to parents who did this for a living.

What is acting?

100

A feeling of being VERY UNHAPPY and having NO HOPE.

What is despair?

100

The time, place, and conditions in which a story takes place.

What is setting?

100

Anything having to do with the mind is this word.

What is mental?

100

All paragraphs begin with an _____.

What is an indention?

200

This is the age that EAP got married.

What is 26?

200

This adjective means strange.

What is peculiar?
200

These are the people who participate in the action of a story.

Who/what are characters?

200

Something that is vacant is 

What is empty?

200

All sentences end with this.

What is punctuation?

300
Poe's wife's name is the same as a state in which he once lived.

What is Virginia?

300

All of the people about the same age in a family.

What is generation?

300

The sequence of events in a story.

What is plot?

300

Very strange means

What is bizarre?

300

In an Argument Essay, a thesis statement is the writers ______.

In a Literary Analysis, a thesis statement states the ____ for the paper.

What is opinion/claim?

What is the plan?

400
Poe had this number of children.

What is zero/none?

400

Any sound that is spoken or made from your mouth.

What is utter?

400

A hidden message in the story that the author wants the reader to understand.

What is theme?

400

This verb means to take something away.

What is remove?

400
The purpose of the conclusion is to _______.
What is restate introduction and leave final thought/message?
500

True or False:  Poe was adopted by his mother's friends.

What is false?

500

Something that makes you feel sad is this adjective.

What is depressing?

500

To wait around is this.

What is linger?

500

All paragraphs start with this kind of sentence.

What is a topic sentence?