Edgar Allan Poe
Hideous Heartbeat
Freitag Who
What's That Mean
Says who?
Red Mask Bad
Final Jeopardy American Authors
100
Edgar Allan Poe was known as the "Master of the ______."
Macabre
100
I, I, I, don't believe you. An unreliable narrator in any story told from this point of view.
First Person
100
A plot pyramid is essentially this recorded sequence of events.
Time line
100
What type of figurative language:
It is raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
100
I, Me, My and yes I was there!!!
First Person
100
How many colored rooms are in The Masque of the Red Death
7
100
A character that fits a typical description is called a/an
a very typical example of a certain person or thing.
200
She is believed to have inspired most of Poe's works. She suffered from tuberculosis for several years, was Poe's cousin and wife. Her name was ___________.
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
200
The narrator in The Tell Tale Heart decides to kill the old man because of this creepy body part.
His eye.
200
Everybody was sitting quietly at lunch. Dr. Henry's table was the best at Landings. Suddenly Ms. Heidrich shouted "Food Fight," and it all started.
Inciting Incident
200
What type of figurative language:
I heard the bag of jelly beans calling my name.
Personification
200
only tell me what you saw, heard, (okay smelled and tasted too)
3rd Person Objective
200
Who is the protagonist in Masque of the Red Death
Prince Prospero
300
Poe is buried in this city; it is home to a sports team named after one of Poe's poems.
Baltimore
300
This was the reason the 3 officer's of the law knocked on the door of the narrator in the middle of the night.
A report of screams
300
Rudy was practicing for 2 years - getting clobbered at practice. Then the coach said "Rudy, suit up. You're no longer on the practice team. Today you're playing." Rudy was no long a tackling dummy, now his story took a turn and he was a starter.
Climax
300
What type of figurative language:
Onomatopoeia
300
3rd Person Omniscient
300
An author may use these two types of symbolism to connect symbols to the theme...name both types.
Projected and Intended
400
Poe's best known works in these two genres: One being Gothic, and the other this _____________, which was Poe's response to transcendentalism which he strongly disliked.
Dark Romanticism
400
This sounded like a watch that was enveloped in cotton.
The old man's heart beat.
400
man vs man
man vs nature
man vs society
The more of these in this section, the better.
Rising Action
400
Religious pendants like a cross or the Star of David
Symbols
400
if you add a little vanilla extract, your pancakes will taste delicious.
2nd Person
400
What is Poe trying to symbolize when be break 1 hour into 3600 seconds?
time and life is slowly ticking away
500
How did Edgar Allan Poe die?
No body knows.
Many theories have gone unproven.
500
The narrator called it "an over-acuteness of the senses." The readers most likely called it this?
Madness, crazy, insane
500
To tie up the loose ends.
There may even be a surprise ending.
Denouement
500
Motif -
a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.
500
The main difference between the 1st person narrator and the third person narrator is ....
I know who the 1st person narrator is.
They are in the story.
They by definition can be unreliable.
500
A set of recognizable symbols whose meanings combine to convey a message - literally and symbolically...often used in political cartoons.
Allegory