Poetry
What is a stanza?
a group of lines (usually 4-6) in a poem that looks like a "paragraph" in a poem.
Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?
Who was at the door when the narrator opened it?
No one was there.
How does the narrator lure Fortunato deep into the catacombs (vaults)?
He tempts him with an expensive wine (Amontillado).
Define Mood:
general feeling/atmosphere of the story (is it a scary or happy story)
What is an iamb?
one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable [duh DUM]
What figurative language is shown?
"at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of a spider shot from out the crevice"
Simile
Why is the narrator sad in the beginning of the story?
He lost he loved one, Lenore. Possibly his wife.
When our narrator first meets Fortunato at the carnival, who does the narrator say he is going to see?
Luchresi
Define Connoisseur:
an expert judge in matters of taste (e.g., wine, music, art)
What is a verse?
writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme
How does the police discover that the narrator killed the old man?
He thinks he hears the old man's heart beating and this drives him crazy until he confesses to killing him.
What does the Raven keep telling the narrator?
"Nevermore"
With what are the catacombs' walls lined? It makes Fortunato's cough very bad.
Nitre/mold
Define Audacity
boldness, daring
If this were the first stanza, what would be the rhyme scheme?
"My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year."
a, a, b, a
Where did he hide the old man's body?
What type of figurative language is shown:
"And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."
Personification
What type of figurative language is shown?
“A thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could . . .”
Hyperbole
marked by intense force or emotion
What is the rhythmic meter of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost?
Iambic Tetrameter
What type of figurative language is:
"Yes, he was stone, stone dead."
Metaphor
What is the rhythmic meter of The Raven?
Trochaic Octameter
What type of figurative language is being shown?
“. . . but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge . . . and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.”
Dramatic Irony
Define Beguile:
to deceive, charm or enchant