Literary Devices
Aspects Of Poe And His Life
Gothic elements
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Raven
100

In the poem “The Raven” it says “Suddenly there came a tapping”  which word is an onomatopoeia?

Tapping

100

What year did Edgar Allan Poe die?

1849

100

What gothic element can be found in “The Vampire”?

Supernatural beings

100

Where does “The Tell-Tale Heart” take place?

In the old man’s house

100

What time does the story “The Raven" take place? 

 Midnight

200

What metaphor is used in “Annabel Lee”?

“That the wind came out of the cloud by night, chilling and killing my Annabel Lee”

200

What is Edgar Allan Poe's known poem?

The Raven

200

Romance can be found in “Annabel Lee” true or false?

True

200

The narrator acted on killing the man on which night?

The eighth night

200

Where is the main setting located?

A chamber

300

“It increased my fury as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage” is this a simile?

 Yes

300

What year did Poe write his first poem?

1827

300

What is the theme in “Spirits of the Dead”?

death and the afterlife

300

What did the old man's eye resemble?

The eye of a vulture

300

What does the raven keep telling the narrator?

"Nevermore"

400

“A LOW, DULL, QUICK SOUND-MUCH SUCH A SOUND AS A WATCH MAKES WHEN ENVELOPED IN COTTON.” What literary device is used here?

Simile

400

What is the main setting in “The Haunted Palace”?  

 A Palace

400

In “ The Tell-Tale Heart” the narrator hides the body  

underneath the floor of the chamber

400

What other person is mentioned in “The Raven”?

Lenore

500

What type of atmosphere is in “The Vampire”

Mystery and Suspense

500

How many planks did the narrator pick up?

Three planks

500

Did the narrator in “The Raven” pass at the end?

Yes, he did