Poe's Life
Edgar Allan Poe is best known for writing which types of literature?
Short stories and poetry
"While I nodded, nearly napping" is an example of what?
Alliteration
"We will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved" is an example of which type of irony?
Verbal Irony
What is the setting of 'The Raven'? (Time + Place)
The narrator's home in the bleak December
Key event in Poe's life that inspired 'The Raven'
Virginia Clemm's illness and subsequent death
Internal Rhyme
"The cough's a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough" "True, true." is an example of which type of irony?
Situational, Dramatic, or Verbal
What is Fortunato's one weakness?
His love for and pride in being knowledgeable about fine wines
Place of birth
Baltimore
What poetic device is BEST represented by the line: "To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core"
Assonance
What is ironic in someone named "Fortunato" dying?
His name means luck, situational irony
Why does Montresor want revenge on Fortunato?
Fortunato "insulted" him.
"It shall clasp a sainted maiden" best represents what?
Assonance
Name the MAIN internal conflict in 'The Raven'
Bonus: Name the main intellectual conflict in 'The Raven'
The narrator is mourning and unable to get over the loss of Lenore.
The narrator is trying to figure out why the raven appears, and what it means by the repetition of the phrase "Nevermore."
"And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting" best represents which poetic devices?
Internal Rhyme, Assonance, and Repetition
"Nemo me impune lacessit," means what AND best illustrates what type of irony?
No one gets away with wronging me
Dramatic irony - we understand how the narrator responds to insult and what he's going to do.