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EAP test
test 10/26/22 EAP + terms
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American author who is most famous for poems and short stories, known for dark writing and responsible for short stories and the crime fiction genre. | Edgar Allan Poe |
Describe Edgar Allan Poe's personal life | he had a sad life- parents died/failed at school/wife died, his life was full of alcoholism, gambling troubles, and depression, he died at 40 years old |
keeps readers in anxious anticipation of what is to come | suspense |
meant to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience/readers | horror |
repeated consonant sound | alliteration |
repeated vowel sounds | assonance |
imitate the sounds to which they refer | onomatopoeia |
how the story affects its readers. (me) | mood |
how the author feels about their topic | tone |
how the author structures their sentences | syntax |
the words the author chooses for their writings. (they could use any words but they pick specific words so the readers know that it is "important") | diction |
summarize the "Tell-Tale Heart" | -short story -narrator wants the man's blind eye because the eye unsettles the narrator -narrator has to kill the man to kill the eye -narrator thinks the eye knows the truth that the narrator is crazy -narrator tells the police the truth |
summarize the "Raven" | -poem -narrator lost his wife Lenore -narrator likes the bird -narrator listens to a bird that only says "nevermore" -narrator gets mad at the bird because he thinks the bird is telling the truth -narrator will never get over his wife's death |
summarize the "Annabel Lee" | -poem -narrator loves Annabel -Annabel dies from sickness -Annabel's family takes her away (after she died) -narrator still loves Annabel the same past and present |
How does the "Tell-Tale Heart" show horror | "Tell-Tale Heart" demonstrates horror by -narrator kills a man just because the narrator thinks the eye of the man will see the truth -narrator kills and hides the man -narrator did creepy things at night (to the man) |
How does the "Raven" show horror | "Raven" demonstrates horror by -narrator believes a bird that says one thing -narrator gets mad because the bird is telling the "truth" -narrator will never get over the wife's death |
How does the "Annabel Lee" show horror | "Annabel Lee" demonstrates horror by -narrator loves Annabel very young -narrator blames others for Annabel's death -narrator over exaggerates the sorrow for Annabel ( lines 20+30) |