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Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Comprehension
Meet The Author
Grammar and Mechanics of Writing
100
This word means a strong feeling of worry.
What is anxiety?
100
This word means to shake.
What is tremble?
100
"The Fall of the House of Usher" takes place in this mansion.
What is Usher's house?
100
He wrote "The Fall of the House of Usher."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
100
Possessive nouns need this mark.
What is an apostrophe?
200
This word means great unhappiness without hope.
What is despair?
200
This word means strange.
What is peculiar?
200
Based on the story "The Fall of the House of Usher" you can tell that Madeline_______________a) was in love with the narrator, b) had been sick for a long time, c) loved her family's home, d) didn't get along with Usher.
What is b) had been sick for a long time?
200
Edgar Allan Poe was this age when he died.
What is 40?
200
True or false: This sentence is correct: The man enter a dimly lit room.
What is false? The man enters a dimly lit room.
300
This word means to speak or make a sound from your mouth.
What is utter?
300
Odd and strange are synonyms for this word.
What is peculiar?
300
This happens to Usher's house after the narrator leaves.
What is it sinks into the water?
300
Edgar Allan Poe was this old when his first piece of writing was published.
What is 18 years old?
300
Restate this sentence correctly in the present tense: A gust of wind throw Usher to the floor!
What is A gust of wind throws Usher to the floor!
400
Terrorize, terrorist, terrify, terrifying and terrified are word families for what base word?
What is a word family for terror?
400
Worry and nervousness are synonyms for this word.
What is anxiety?
400
This pair of words best describes the narrator: a) slow and clumsy, b) funny and irresponsible, c) cruel and selfish, d) concerned and thoughtful.
What is d) concerned and thoughtful?
400
Name three famous stories that Edgar Allan Poe wrote.
What are "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Tell-Tale Heart?"
400
Restate this sentence correctly using the present tense: Usher and his family disappears forever.
What is Usher and his family disappear forever?
500
These words are examples of onomatopoeia.
What are buzz, sizzle, rapping, tapping?
500
This word means to wait around.
What is linger?
500
"The Fall of the House of Usher" and the poem, "The Haunted," are similar in this way: a) both are by Edgar Allan Poe, b) both are set in modern times, c) both have a mood of anxiety and terror, d) both have main characters who help a friend.
What is c) both have a mood of anxiety and terror?
500
Edgar Allan Poe wished he could write like this animal.
What is as mysterious as a cat?
500
True or False: This sentence is incorrect: Poes story scared me.
What is true? Poe's story scared me.