Vocabulary
Pungent
Having a sharply strong smell
The Pit
Hell and painful death
What country did the story take place in?
What group imprisoned the narrator?
The Spanish Inquisition
What point of view is the story in?
First person limited
Prostrate
Lying stretched out on the ground
The Pendulum
Time ticking down, death encroaching
What shape is the pit?
Circle
What food does the narrator find when he first wakes up?
Bread and water
Poe uses the capitalization of certain words to do what?
Emphasize something/ show importance
Insuperable
Impossible to overcome
The Rats
A potential problem turned positive
What image was up by the pendulum?
Father Time
How does the narrator escape the pendulum?
He lures the rats to eat the rope.
Name the main theme of the story.
Will to live vs. desire to die
Tumultuous
Making a loud or confused noise
DAILY DOUBLE: Darkness
Fear
What does the narrator smell at the end of the story?
Sulfur
How does the narrator mark the walls to count his steps?
He uses part of his robe.
What does it foreshadow to when the narrator hears the inquisition raging outside?
Help is coming.
Locution
A word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom
General La'salle
Hope
How many meters around did the narrator predict the room was?
100
What are the two stages after his swoon?
A mental and physical stage, then about his spiritual existence.
What is the irony that occurred when the narrator was freed from the ropes?
The narrator was freed from the trap, but not really free.