Story Elements
Fall of the House of Usher
Vocabulary
Grammar
Random
100
Usher's room, outside the mansion, in the vault
What is setting
100
The genre of stories that Poe wrote
What is horror
100
To speak or make a sound from your mouth
What is UTTER
100
Dog, airplane, Mr. Bailey, xBox, love
What are NOUNS
100
Halloween falls on this day
What is October 31st
200
Usher, Madeline, the Narrator
What are characters
200
What the narrator did to calm down Usher
What is read him a story
200
A strong feeling of worry
What is ANXIETY
200
Fluffy, dark, shiny, stinky, explosive
What are ADJECTIVES
200
The number of student desks in room 609 (not counting tables)
What is 11
300
Getting a letter, visiting a friend, sister dying, house collapsing
What is plot
300
This surrounded the House of Usher preventing people from entering the home
What is a moat
300
Anxiety, nervousness, or worry
What is agitation
300
Run, jump, swim, argue, hear
What are VERBS
300
The birthplace of Edgar Allan Poe
What is Boston, Massachusetts
400
night, morning, late night
What is setting
400
Two of the symptoms of Usher's disease
What are he can barely eat, afraid to stray from the house, afraid of noises and lights, and scared of everything
400
An underground chamber
What is VAULT
400
List 3 adjectives to describe Roderick Usher
ANSWERS will vary
400
It is Friday the 13th and Mr. Hirsch wants to buy 13 chocolate bars from the 8th grade students. How much change would he get back if he paid with a $50 bill?
What is $37
500
The theme of The Fall of the House of Usher
What is Isolating yourself from the world can cause mental problems.
500
The age of Poe when he passed away
What is 40 years old
500
Sorrowful
What is MELANCHOLY
500
What are 3 NOUNS used in the story that our narrator sees as he approaches the House of Usher
What is ANSWERS WILL VARY
500
This scary story author wrote the Goosebumps series.
Who is R. L. Stine