1. Dark Romanticism Bellringer #1 11/14/12
Directions: Use the Dark Romanticism book guide to answer these questions.
How did Gothic writers differ from romantic writers?
Who was the master of the Gothic form in America? What stories by this author have you read?
Today’s Target: I can identify the historical context and characteristics of the Dark Romantic era.

2. Dark Romanticism Bellringer #2 11/15/12
Directions: Use the Dark Romanticism notes and your Poe Biography notes to answer the following questions.
What are the five characteristics of Dark Romanticism?
Why was Poe fated or destined to be a Dark Romantic writer?
Today’s Target: I can identify the characteristics of the Dark Romantic era in a text.

3. Dark Romanticism Bellringer #3 11/16/12
How did Prince Prospero decorate the rooms in the abbey for the masquerade?
What was unusual about the windows in the seventh apartment?
3. What was the giant clock made out of?
4. What happens when the clock chimes?
Today’s Target: I can identify the characteristics of the Dark Romantic era in a text.

4. Dark Romanticism Bellringer #4 11/19/12
1. Who arrives at the masquerade at midnight? 2. Why is Prince Prospero mad at this figure? 3. What happened to Prince Prospero? 4. What is ironic about Prince Prospero’s party? Today’s Target: I can identify diction and its affects on the mood and tone of a text.

5. Dark Romanticism Bellringer #5 11/20/12
Complete the chart below in your bellringer section: ****You don’t have to label the chart: just put the answers in your bellringer. Today’s Target: I can identify diction and its affects on the mood and tone of a text.
Word
Monosyllabic or Polysyllabic
Formal or Informal/
Archaic or Colloquial
Denotative Meaning
Connotative
Meanings
Euphonious or Cacophonous
1. death
2. madman

6. Dark Romanticism Bellringer #6 11/26/12
Directions: Get out your notes on Theme Topic v. Theme Statement. Use the list of 101 common theme topics to help you answer the question below.
List four theme topics that you think can be found in “The Masque of the Red Death.”
Today’s Target: I understand how the author’s choice of details support theme in a text.

7. Dark Romanticism Bellringer #7 11/27/12
Directions: Get out your notes on Theme Topic v. Theme Statement. Use these notes to help you answer the following question.
Explain the difference between a theme topic and a theme statement.
Today’s Target: I understand how the author’s choice of details support theme in a text.

8. Dark Romanticism Bellringer #8 11/28/12
Directions: Evaluate the following theme statements. Decide if they are acceptable or not and explain why. Use the following criteria to help you:
Can you identify the topic?
Is it a general statement?
Is there an argument?
In The Last of the Mohicans, following intuition over reason upholds the survival of the characters.
In The Last of the Mohicans, the author illustrated the will to survive and that’s how the story was a success.
In The Last of the Mohicans, heroism shows itself through characters.
Today’s Target: I understand how the author’s choice of details support theme in a text.