1. Literary Terms Sentences Poe Clauses Short Stories
Semester 1 Review
Literary Terms
Sentences
Poe
Clauses
Short Stories

2. 100 200 300 400 500 JeoPardy Poe Stories Life of POE Themes & Symbols
Clauses
Literary Elements
Sentences
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400
500

3. Poe Stories 100
In “The Cask of Amontillado”, this person gets buried alive because he kept insulting the protagonist.
Who is Fortunato?
Bonus Question:
What literary term (specifically) is used with Fortunato’s name?

4. Poe Stories 200
Prince Prospero was trying to escape this disease by quarantining himself and 1,000 of his people.
What is the Red Death?
Bonus Question:
What actual disease did the Red Death most resemble when described?

5. Poe Stories 300 Who is the protagonist of “The Purloined Letter”?
Who is C. Auguste Dupin?
Bonus Question:
True or False: Dupin is the narrator of the story.

6. Poe Stories 400
This is the protagonist and antagonist in “The Pit and the Pendulum”
What is:
Protagonist: Unnamed narrator in the cell
Antagonist: The people who are torturing him
Also acceptable for the antagonist: the darkness and uncertainty

7. Poe Stories 500
“The Black Cat” has many of Poe’s symbols and themes in it. Identify at least two of each
What are:
Symbols: black cat, vortex, eye, unnamed narrator
Themes: Death of a woman, Revenge, Fear of Insanity, Premature Burial

8. Life of POE 100 Poe lost the most beloved women in his life to this.
What is tuberculosis?

9. Life of POE 200 Poe was born and died during this century.
What is the 19th Century (1800s)?
Bonus Question:
Where was Poe born?

10. Life of POE 300 Poe first tasted success with this poem.
What is “The Raven”?
Bonus Question:
This professional sports team is named after Poe and his famous poem.

11. Life of POE 400
Poe was influenced by many negative factors in his life. Identify two specific issues he faced.
What is:
Fathers abandoning him
Loved ones dying (typically of tuberculosis)
Lack of money
Other options may be valid

12. Life of POE 500
Poe wrote “Annabel Lee” for this person. Name the relationship as well.
Who is Virginia Clem? She was his wife/cousin.

13. Themes and Symbols 100
This symbol was the driving force behind the initial actions in “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
What is the eye?

14. Themes and Symbols 200
Name the one theme of Poe’s that is most prominent in both “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
What is Fear of Insanity?

15. Themes and Symbols 300
Identify the themes present in “The Cask of Amontillado.”
What is Revenge, Premature Burial?

16. Themes and Symbols 400
This symbol appears in all of the following stories: “The Black Cat,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Pit and the Pendulum”
What is the vortex/descent?

17. Themes and Symbols 500
In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Black Cat,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum” this symbols is used to make the reader feel more like a part of the story.
What is the unnamed narrator?
Bonus Question:
What point of view is used to write the majority of Poe’s stories we read in class?

18. Clauses100
Identify whether the following is an independent clause, dependent clause, or prepositional phrase
Before the bell rings
What is dependent clause?
Before (preposition) + bell (noun) + rings (verb)

19. Clauses 200
Identify whether the following is an independent clause, dependent clause, or prepositional phrase
I am coming over.
What is an independent clause?

20. POEms 300
Identify whether the following is an independent clause, dependent clause, or prepositional phrase
Of the noisy alarm clock
What is prepositional phrase?
Of (preposition) + clock(noun)
Noisy and alarm are just adjectives

21. POEms 400 Identify the dependent clause(s) in the following sentence
Because I want to do well on the test, I am studying a little bit every night.
What is “because I want to do well (on the test)”?
On the test is a prepositional phrase that just happens to be part of your clause

22. Clauses 500 Identify the dependent clause(s) in the following sentence
Although I have been studying, I am still nervous for the test, because I still struggle with independent and dependent clauses.
What is “Although I have been studying” and “Because I still struggle (with independent and dependent clauses)”
With independent and dependent clauses is a prepositional phrase within your dependent clause.

23. Literary Elements 100 It was many and many a year ago,
Identify the prominent literary element:
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE; -
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
“Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe
What is Rhyme?
Bonus Question:
What type of rhyme is specifically used?

24. Literary Elements 200
Identify the prominent literary element and explain:
What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
“The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe
What is Alliterarion?
Because of the strong ‘t’ sound of tale, terror, turbulency, and tells.

25. Literary Elements 300
Identify the prominent literary element and explain:
Hear the mellow wedding bells…
From the molten-golden notes…
“The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe
What is Assonance?
Because of the short ‘e’ sound in mellow, wedding, and bells
Because of the long ‘o’ sound in molten, golden, and notes

26. Literary Elements 400
Identify the three types of irony and pair each with an example from stories we read this semester.
What is ____?
Answers may vary

27. Literary Elements 500
Identify the five different types of conflict and a story to match each one.
What is:
Person vs. Self: ____
Person vs. Person: ____
Person vs. Nature: ____
Person vs. Society: ____
Person vs. Fate: ____

28. Sentences 100
Identify whether the following sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
With semester tests next week, I need to study a bit more.
What is simple sentence?
Even though there is a comma, “With semester tests next week” is just a long prepositional phrase; there is no verb to make it a dependent clause.

29. Sentences 200
Identify whether the following sentence is simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.
The English semester test will be easy; it is the math test that I need to worry about.
What is compound-complex sentence?
You have a compound sentence because of using the semi- colon. The second sentence has an independent (it is) and dependent clause (that I need to worry about).

30. Sentences 300
Identify whether the following sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
I cannot wait for winter break to be here, so I can go sledding.
What is a compound sentence?
Bonus Question:
Identify the prepositional phrase and the infinitive phrase.

31. Sentences 400
Identify whether the following sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound complex
I really want to win this review game because I need some bonus points in English class, but more importantly, I need to pass the semester test.
What is compound-complex sentence?

32. Sentences 500
Identify whether the following sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
This review actually helped me understand the material a little better.
What is simple sentence?