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Edgar Allan Poe JeopardyThe Short Story Poe’s Life The Pit and The
PendulumThe Raven Gothic
Literature
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This short story writer also is credited with starting science fiction and other genres.
Edgar Allan Poe
Short Stories all have certain elements, like plot. Name another characteristic of a short story.
CharactersSettingConflictClimaxResolution
Which literary movement in America was responsible for the creation of the Short Story?
Romanticism
Name the group of people who opposed “fiction” writing and were more concerned with truth, religion, and work.
Puritans
Other than Poe, name 2 short story writers given credit for starting the literary form in America.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Washington Irving
What diseased killed Poe’s mother, wife, and brother?
Tuberculosis
What profession did both Poe’s mother and father share?
Actors
Name at least one college/institute Poe attended.
University of Virginia
West Point
In what city did Edgar Allan Poe die?
Baltimore
Poe is considered father of what genre of fiction?
Detective Story
“The Pit and The Pendulum” is set during which historical event?
The Spanish Inquisition
What term refers to the order in which events are told?
Sequence
Daily Double
Name the two types of sequencing.
Chronological
Interrupted
What term means a sense of dread, uncertainty, or fear?
Suspense
The French Army rescuing the narrator just before he is forced to jump into the pit is an example of what convention of Greek Theater?
Deus ex Machina
Who is the narrator mourning in “The Raven”?
Lenore
“The Raven” is an example of what type of poem? (one that tells a story)
Narrative Poetry
What literary device is found in the following line: “Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning”
Internal Rhyme
A literary device that serves as “sound effects” in writing is what? (repetition of consonant sounds)
Alliteration
What is assonance?
Repetition of vowel sounds
How did Gothic Literature get its name?
From the architecture in which it’s set
Name 2 archetypal characters in Gothic literature.
*Isolated protagonist
*Evil villain
*wanderer
Name two conventions of Gothic Literature.
Murder, death, suicide, ghosts, spirits, terror, demons, gloomy settings, family secrets, dungeons, torture, vampires, castles, tombs, damsel in distress, curses, priests/monks
A pursued maiden is an example of a Gothic story plot structure. Name another one.
*happens at night or dark enclosed spaces*ascent*descent*physical decay, a Doppleganger, or broken sexual taboos
Using rain to stand for sorrow in a story is an example of what literary device?
Metonymy
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