1. The Pit and the Pendulum
Tone Author’s Purpose
Theme
Plot

2. Tone
Urgent
Serious
Dark
Psychotic
Relieved
Hopeful

3. Author’s Purpose Inform, Persuade, or Entertain?
How does the author do this? What is he trying to inform us of, persuade us to do, or entertain us with?

4. Theme What is the author saying about being human?
Torture
The effects of torture
The effects of torture on the mind
The effects of torture on the human mind
The dangerous effects of torture on the human mind
The dangerous effects of
torture on the human mind

5. “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allen Poe
Draw everything you see here on your paper (except for what’s in this box).
Climax
(your description along with 1 quote from story)
Rising Action
(your description along with 1 quote from story)
Falling Action
(your description along with 1 quote from story)
Exposition
(your description along with 1 quote from story)
Conflict
(your description along with 1 quote from story)
Resolution
(your description along with 1 quote from story)
Author’s Purpose: b
(inform, entertain, or persuade? Explain how.)
Tone:
Theme:
(what is the author saying about being human?)
On the back – In a paragraph, write your interpretation of what happened to our character at the end of the story.