Poe's Life
13 years old
In "The Tell-Tale Heart", why did the narrator kill the old man?
Double points if you know what animal the narrator compared the old man to.
His cloudy blue eye.
He had the eye of a vulture.
What do we call the first sentence of a Mini-Saga?
The Hook
What is the difference between a Clause and a Phrase?
Clause: Has a subject, verb, and sometimes a thought.
Phrase: Missing a subject, verb, or both.
Name the five parts of the Plot Diagram in order.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.
What was the name of the military school Poe attended?
West Point Academy
In "The Black Cat" what disease did the narrator have?
He was addicted to alcohol
What was our essential question for the suspense unit?
"What draws us to suspense?"
What are the two types of Relative Clauses?
Essential and Non-Essential
What are the five types of External Conflicts we learned about?
Character vs Character, Character vs Nature, Character vs Society, Character vs Technology, and Character vs Supernatural.
Poe is considered the creator of the modern _____ story.
Detective
In "The Cask of Amontillado", what were the names of the two main characters?
Fortunato and Montresor
What phrase did Alfred Hitchcock use to describe how suspense works?
Double points if you explain what the phrase means.
"Let 'em Play God"
It means to put the viewers/readers in the position of God - they are all-knowing, but the characters are not.
What are the three types of phrases we learned about?
Prepositional, Appositive, and Participial.
What is the climax in the story "Fall of the House of Usher"?
Philip realizes that Madeline did not die, but was instead buried alive.
Who was the person that Poe left his estate to before dying?
Double points if you can remember his name.
His lifelong rival
Rufus Wilmont Griswold
In the poem "Annabel Lee", what phrase is used repeatedly throughout the story?
"In this kingdom by the sea"
What genres can have suspense in them?
Any genre!
What type of sentence is this?
"Although I like Christmas, Halloween is my favorite holiday."
Complex Sentence: Includes a Dependent and Independent clause
Name one external or internal conflict in "The Monkey's Paw".
Double points if you can name an external AND internal conflict.
External: Mr/Mrs. White vs the Monkey's Paw, Mr. White vs Mrs. White, etc.
Internal: Greed
Name three of Poe's works that we DIDN'T read.
Tons of options...
"M.S. Found in a Bottle", "The Gold Bug", "Fall of the House of Usher", "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Conqueror Worm", "The Bells", and many more!
In "The Black Cat", what was the shape of the white patch of fur on the second cat?
The gallows
What do we call a narrator who may not be telling us the entire truth?
An unreliable narrator
What are the five words that a Relative Clause must start with?
Double points if you can tell me what those words are called.
Who, whom, whose, which, and that.
Relative Pronouns
What was the falling action in the story "Cask of Amontillado"?
The narrator begins to rebuild the brick wall.