Symbols
What does the old man's heart symbolize in "The Tell-Tale Heart?"
The narrator's guilt.
Who is the author of both stories?
Edgar Allen Poe
"Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! -- tear up the planks! -- here, here! -- it is the beating of his hideous heart!"
Angry, manic
What symbolizes overwhelming grief in "The Raven?"
The raven and its message.
In what century was "The Tell-Tale Heart" written?
19th (1800s)
I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.
Smug, satisfied
What did the eye in "The Tell-Tale Heart" symbolize?
Evil
What traumatic event had happened in the time surrounding most of Poe's writing?
His wife/ cousin passed away.
Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye!
Sad, guilty
What did the leaf in "The Last Leaf" symbolize?
Johnsy's struggle to cling to life.
What is the first sentence of a paragraph called?
A topic sentence.
Both of these stories belong to what genre of literature?
American Gothic Literature.
What did the storm in "The Last Leaf" symbolize?
Life's hardships
What information and in what order is the information presented on an MLA header?
Student name
Teacher name
Class name
Date (day/month/year)
Please name at least 2 characteristics of American Gothic Literature.
1st person, dark colors, macabre (supernatural, fear of the unknown), dungeons and basements, etc.