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Vocabulary
Poe's Life
Poetry terms
The Tell-Tale Heart
Bells/Raven
100
a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged
What is Dreary
100
This was the year that Poe was born
What is 1809
100
This is the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word
What is alliteration
100
This is the point of view that the story was written from
What is First Person point of view
100
This is the denotative meaning of thepoem 'The Bells'
What are four different types of bells
200
to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
What is Beguile
200
This is a type of literature that has a grim atmosphere and has symbols of death
What is macabre
200
This is the repetition of a vowel sound in the middle of words
What is assonance
200
This is the genre of literature that the story was written in.
What is horror
200
This is the connotative meaning of the bells
What is the life cycle
300
a diabolically cruel or wicked person.
What is fiend
300
This was the year that his wife died
What is 1847
300
These are words like BANG, POW, and ZIP
What is ONOMATOPOEIA
300
This is where the narrator places the body
Where is under the floorboards
300
This is the symbolism of the Raven in the poem 'The Raven.'
What is an omen of evil
400
communication of thought by words; talk; conversation
What is Discourse
400
This was the name and relation of Poe's wife to Poe
What is Virginia Clem, Cousin
400
This is when a non-human is given human qualities
What is personification
400
This is the reason why the narrator finally kills the old man
What is the old man's heart is beating loudly
400
This is where the bird was perched in "The Raven."
What is the bust of Pallas
500
Portending evil or harm; foreboding
What is Ominous
500
These are three things that Poe's death has been attributed to.
What is alcohol, heart disease, rabies, epilepsy
500
This is the message of a story or poem
What is the theme
500
This is what makes the narrator turn himself in
What is the beating of the old man's heart
500
This is a theme of "The Raven."
What is Asking questions that you know the answer to will bring pain and heartache.