1. And the psychology of fear
Edgar Allan Poe
And the psychology of fear

2. Fears vs. Phobias
Fear: a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined
Phobia: a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.

3. What are some of your fears?
6 Basic Fears
What are some of your fears?
Do the fears on your list match or relate to the six basic fears? Star the ones that do.

4. “The Father of psychological horror”
Edgar Allan Poe
“The Father of psychological horror”

5. The Black Cat

6. Literary Devices: Allusion
A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event--real or fictional.
According to their content, allusions may be historical, cultural, mythological, literary, political, or private.

7. Allusion Sentence Starters
Poe chooses the name Pluto for the cat because…
Poe mentions superstitions about the black cat because…
These allusions help me understand the story better because…

8. Suspense
A feeling or state of nervousness or excitement caused by wondering what will happen.
How is suspense generated in the story?

9. Foreshadowing: The author gives the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story.
Pacing: The rate at which the reader reads, the speed at which the events occur and unfold.
Unreliable Narrator: A narrator who can't be trusted. Either from ignorance or self-interest, this narrator speaks with a bias, makes mistakes, or even lies.

10. Foreshadowing: Examples
“Yet mad I am not- and very surely do I not dream. But tomorrow I die and today I unburden my soul.”
“I suffered myself to use intemperate language to my wife. At length I even offered her personal violence.”
“If I arose to walk it [the cat] would get between my feet and thus nearly throw me down.”

11. Pacing: Examples
“I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others.”
“I did not, for some weeks, strike, or otherwise violently ill use it; but gradually - very gradually - I came to look upon it with unutterable loathing.”
“The second and the third day passed, and still my tormentor came not.”

12. Unreliable Narrator: Examples
“Mad indeed would I be to expect, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence.”
“Beneath the pressure of torments such as these, the feeble remnant of the good within me succumbed. Evil thoughts became my sole intimates - the darkest and most evil of thoughts.”
“Of my own thoughts it is folly to speak.”