Literature
Dark Romanticism
Literary Terms
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In this piece of literature, a woman is kidnapped along with her children and taken hostage.

What is 'from A Narrative of the Captivity'?

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In this short story, a man finds his wife's apron and inside her organs. He still decides to make a deal that will influence the rest of his life.

What is "The Devil and Tom Walker"?

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The overall feeling or atmosphere of a story.

What is mood?

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This author lived his life poor, barely being able to keep his home heated and his sick wife cared for.

Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

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This is the name of Mrs. Williams' favorite 80/90s rock band.

What is Aerosmith?

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In this poem, the Native Americans describe how only the Earth will remain.

What is The Earth Only?

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This short story follows the life & romantic endeavors of Ichabod Crane.

What is "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

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The where and when of a story.

What is the setting?

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This was the name of the main character's love who had died and was to return, nevermore...

What is Lenore?

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This is the theme from 'Masque of the Red Death' by Poe.

What is no one can escape death, death is inevitable?

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In this piece of literature, Aataentsic cuts down the tree because her ailing husband asks for the trees healing fruit.

What is The Sky Tree?

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This story focuses on the struggles of a man and a cat, Pluto.

What is "The Black Cat"?

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An original or fundamental imaginative pattern that is repeated through the ages.

What is an archetype?

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This author died in Baltimore wearing someone else's clothes.

Who was Edgar Allan Poe?

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This is when something isn't very clear to the reader and can be interpreted in several ways.

What is ambiguous?

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In this piece of literature, Coyote plays tricks on his people, when the Great Spirit decides his work is done, he sends Coyote to a resting place but tells the people that one day he will return.

What is Coyote Finishes His Work?

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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—

    While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—

            Only this and nothing more.”

What is "The Raven"?

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A firsthand account of an author's own life.

What is an autobiography?

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This character was beautiful, rich and highly sought after by at least two men at the same time. 

Who was Katrina Van Tassel?

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This man wrote under the pseudonym Richard Saunders.

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

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"Fish and visitors smell in three days." is an aphorism from what work?

What is 'Poor Richard's Almanack'?

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This man experienced loss on a grand scale due to tuberculosis, which was also the main underlying theme for many of his works. 

Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

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A reference to someone, something well known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science or some other branch of culture.

What is an allusion?

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This is the order of the rooms in Masque of the Red Death. (by color)

What is blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, black?

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In this piece of literature, this character was known as "Old Scratch" among other names and would cut down trees to collect men's souls. 

What is "The Devil and Tom Walker"?