Vocabulary
relief, making something less severe
What is alleviation?
the depiction of where a story takes place, both the location and time frame
What is setting?
The character that Tom Walker met in the woods while taking a shortcut one day
Who is the Devil?
Where Young Goodman Brown is heading to
What is the forest?
The time period/setting of "The Pit and the Pendulum"
What is the Spanish Inquisition / torture chamber?
A lack of emotion, feeling, or interest
What is apathy?
Another term for word choice
What is diction?
The outcome of Tom Walker's wife
What is death?
The name of Goodman Brown's wife
Who is Faith?
Means by which the Narrator in "The Pit and the Pendulum" escapes the Pendulum
A name, title, or designation
What is appellation?
able to be determined by diction and setting
What is mood?
The occupation that Tom Walker begins after making a deal with the Devil
What is a usurer?
What are witches and/or demonic worshippers
A Gothic symbol that occurs toward the Climax of "The Fall of the House of Usher."
An apparition or something unreal as if from a dream, or vision.
What is phantasm?
What are the Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution?
Name of the pirate whose hidden treasure is guarded by the Devil
Who is Kidd the Pirate?
The main symbol in "The Minister's Black Veil"
Example of doubling with characters in "The Fall of the House of Usher"
What are twins / Roderick and Madeline?
Being unwilling to spend money
What is parsimony?
The House in "The Fall of the House of Usher" represents the family itself. It is an example of which literary device
What is a symbol?
nicknames that Tom Walker uses for the Devil
Who is "Old Scratch?"
The main symbol in "Young Goodman Brown"
The name of the Narrator's deceased love in the poem, "The Raven"
Who is Lenore?