1. The Pit and The Pendulum
Edgar Allan Poe Jeopardy
The Short Story
Poe’s Life
The Pit and The Pendulum
The Raven
Gothic Literature 10 20 30 40 50

2. This short story writer also is credited with starting science fiction and other genres.
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3. Edgar Allan Poe

4. Short Stories all have certain elements, like plot
Short Stories all have certain elements, like plot. Name another characteristic of a short story.
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5. Characters
Setting
Conflict
Climax
Resolution
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6. Which literary movement in America was responsible for the creation of the Short Story?

7. Romanticism

8. Name the group of people who opposed “fiction” writing and were more concerned with truth, religion, and work.

9. Puritans

10. Other than Poe, name 2 short story writers given credit for starting the literary form in America.

11. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Washington Irving

12. What diseased killed Poe’s mother, wife, and brother?

13. Tuberculosis

14. What profession did both Poe’s mother and father share?

15. Actors

16. Name at least one college/institute Poe attended.

17. University of Virginia
West Point

18. In what city did Edgar Allan Poe die?

19. Baltimore

20. Poe is considered father of what genre of fiction?

21. Detective Story

22. “The Pit and The Pendulum” is set during which historical event?

23. The Spanish Inquisition

24. What term refers to the order in which events are told?

25. Sequence

26. Daily Double

27. Name the two types of sequencing.

28. Chronological
Interrupted

29. What term means a sense of dread, uncertainty, or fear?

30. Suspense

31. The French Army rescuing the narrator just before he is forced to jump into the pit is an example of what convention of Greek Theater?

32. Deus ex Machina

33. Who is the narrator mourning in “The Raven”?

34. Lenore

35. “The Raven” is an example of what type of poem
“The Raven” is an example of what type of poem? (one that tells a story)

36. Narrative Poetry

37. What literary device is found in the following line: “Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning”

38. Internal Rhyme

39. A literary device that serves as “sound effects” in writing is what
A literary device that serves as “sound effects” in writing is what? (repetition of consonant sounds)

40. Alliteration

41. What is assonance?

42. Repetition of vowel sounds

43. How did Gothic Literature get its name?

44. From the architecture in which it’s set

45. Name 2 archetypal characters in Gothic literature.

46. *Isolated protagonist
*Evil villain
*wanderer

47. Name two conventions of Gothic Literature.

48. Murder, death, suicide, ghosts, spirits, terror, demons, gloomy settings, family secrets, dungeons, torture, vampires, castles, tombs, damsel in distress, curses, priests/monks

49. A pursued maiden is an example of a Gothic story plot structure
A pursued maiden is an example of a Gothic story plot structure. Name another one.

50. *happens at night or dark enclosed spaces
*ascent
*descent
*physical decay, a Doppleganger, or broken sexual taboos

51. Using rain to stand for sorrow in a story is an example of what literary device?

52. Metonymy