By Edgar Allan Poe Pages 312-317 The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe Pages 312-317 http://s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/wootsaleimages/Quoth_the_Raven22wDetail.jpg

Setting Describe the setting of the room. Describe the speaker. a chamber, midnight, dark, dreary (think The Simpsons) Describe the speaker. a young student who has lost his love

Plot What does the narrator expect to find when he opens the door? a visitor What does he find instead? “Darkness there and nothing more.” What is his first reaction to the raven? amused, glad to have company

Plot When the raven first says “Nevermore” what is the speaker’s guess as to why? it is the bird’s name What is his next guess as to why the raven is saying “Nevermore”? it is the only word that his master has taught him to say

Plot Near the end of the poem what two questions does the speaker ask the Raven to which it responds “Nevermore”? Will he get over his suffering? “Respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore” “Is there balm in Gilead?” Will he see Lenore again? “Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,/ It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore.”

Literary Elements The theme of The Raven is best described as the pain of The speaker’s tone toward the raven undergoes what transition? from amusement to annoyance to rage lost love.

Inference We can infer from the ending of the poem that the speaker will never escape his despair

Symbols What does the raven symbolize? divine judgment “perched upon a bust of Pallas” “Night’s Plutonian shore” “thy God have lent thee – by these angels he hath sent thee” “prophet still, if bird or devil”

Symbols What does the raven symbolize? obsessive mourning “And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor/ Shall be lifted – nevermore!”

Onomatopoeia Which word in the following passage is an example of onomatopoeia? “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,/As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door-” tapping rapping

Alliteration Once upon a midnight dreary, I pondered and Over many a and volume of forgotten lore— While I 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. while weak weary, quaint curious nodded, nearly napping,

Rhyme Scheme What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme 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.'

Rhyme Scheme What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme 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.'

Rhyme Scheme What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme 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.'

Rhyme Scheme What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme 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.'

Rhyme Scheme What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme 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.'

Rhyme Scheme What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme 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.'

Rhyme Scheme What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme – abcbbb 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.'

Rhyme Scheme What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? Internal rhyme 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.'

Rhyme Scheme What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? Internal rhyme 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.'

Rhyme Scheme What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? Internal rhyme 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.'

Rhyme Scheme What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? Internal rhyme 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.'

The Black Cat Main Characters Narrator Kind, animal lover who turns abusive and insane due to alcohol Wife innocent, patient, caring Cats loyal, tormenting

The Black Cat Setting house and its cellar Where is the narrator as he writes? jail awaiting execution What crime did he commit? murdered his wife and cat Is he remorseful? no

The Black Cat Why is the story a flashback? he starts writing about current situation and flashes back to the story about how he got in jail Why did he get caught by police the cat was making noises in the wall

The Black Cat Compare the two cats in the story Pluto – all black Second – all black except for white spot on the breast, missing eye How does the narrator describe himself? A normal man who turns violent and crazy due to alcohol

The Black Cat How does the narrator behave? Neurotic, violent On what does the narrator blame his behavior? alcohol, first cat What is the disconnect between the way he views himself and his actual behavior? He views himself as sane but his actions say otherwise

A Rose for Emily “So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell.” Where does the smell come from? Miss Emily’s unclean house the decaying body of Homer Baron a rat or snake that was killed in Miss Emily’s yard

A Rose for Emily 1. “So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell.” Where does the smell come from? Miss Emily’s unclean house the decaying body of Homer Baron a rat or snake that was killed in Miss Emily’s yard

A Rose for Emily 2. “She told them that her father was not dead.” Why does Miss Emily tell the visiting ladies this information? She has a good imagination. Her father is not really dead. She is too proud to accept their pity.

A Rose for Emily 2. “She told them that her father was not dead.” Why does Miss Emily tell the visiting ladies this information? She has a good imagination. Her father is not really dead. She is too proud to accept their pity.

A Rose for Emily 3. “’Do you suppose it’s really so?’ they said to one another. ‘Of course it is. What else could …’” What fact does this open-ended sentence refer to? Miss Emily’s possible relationship with a laborer The fact that Miss Emily has no family in Jefferson Her father’s legal troubles over the estate of old lady Wyatt

A Rose for Emily 3. “’Do you suppose it’s really so?’ they said to one another. ‘Of course it is. What else could …’” What fact does this open-ended sentence refer to? Miss Emily’s possible relationship with a laborer The fact that Miss Emily has no family in Jefferson Her father’s legal troubles over the estate of old lady Wyatt