1. "This thirst it appeared.....meat pungently seasoned"
"Meat pungently seasoned" would be hot, spicy meat. Explain why the missing water pitcher is a problem in this case.
2."It was the painted figure of Time as he.......as we see on antigue clocks"
What did the image of Time refer to?
3. "A slight noise attracted my notice.....I saw several enormous rats traversing it. "
Predict how the rats might figure into the story later.
4. "What boots it to tell of the long......vibrations of the steel"
What about the pendulum's movement heightens suspense?
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Monday, May 22, 2017
p566-567
1."My excessive fatigue induced me......as I lay"
Point out Poe's technique of withholding information to create suspense. Identify why this particulat passage is suspenseful.
2. "In the confusion attending my fall.....and as suddenly faded away."
Imagine the narrator's circumstances by visualizing his physical position. Where is he? What is he facing? What conclusions can they draw from this information?
3. "I saw clearly the doom.....which I had escaped"
Consider why the narrator might congratulate himself for tripping and falling.
4. "Neither coul I forget what I had read of these pits.....their most horrible plan"
Consider what it means that the "sudden extinction of life" was not part of the captor's plan.
5. "I had counted fifty-two paces, .....ended it with the wall to the right"
Summarize the narrator's reason for his error in computing the distance around thecircuit of the walls.
Point out Poe's technique of withholding information to create suspense. Identify why this particulat passage is suspenseful.
2. "In the confusion attending my fall.....and as suddenly faded away."
Imagine the narrator's circumstances by visualizing his physical position. Where is he? What is he facing? What conclusions can they draw from this information?
3. "I saw clearly the doom.....which I had escaped"
Consider why the narrator might congratulate himself for tripping and falling.
4. "Neither coul I forget what I had read of these pits.....their most horrible plan"
Consider what it means that the "sudden extinction of life" was not part of the captor's plan.
5. "I had counted fifty-two paces, .....ended it with the wall to the right"
Summarize the narrator's reason for his error in computing the distance around thecircuit of the walls.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
P564
1. "Yet not for a moment did I suppose myself......in what state was I?"
The narrator uses his authority here to express an opinion. What does the narrator think of works of fiction in which characters think that they are dea?
2. "This process, however, .....without being aware of the fact"
What do you think the narrator would see if there were light in the dungeon?
3. "The mode and the hour were all that occupied or distracted me"
The narrator says that he is sure that he is going to die. Mode in this case means "method" or "way" and hour means "time". What is the narrator still unsure of?
4. How does the narrator plan to measure the room?
The narrator uses his authority here to express an opinion. What does the narrator think of works of fiction in which characters think that they are dea?
2. "This process, however, .....without being aware of the fact"
What do you think the narrator would see if there were light in the dungeon?
3. "The mode and the hour were all that occupied or distracted me"
The narrator says that he is sure that he is going to die. Mode in this case means "method" or "way" and hour means "time". What is the narrator still unsure of?
4. How does the narrator plan to measure the room?
Friday, May 12, 2017
TERM 3
NEW STORY
P559
The pit and the pendulum-Edgar Allan Poe
Who is telling the story?
What is the story's setting?
What is happening to the narrator?
p562-563
1. Poe begins to create suspense from the opening paragraph when he refers to the "dread sentence of death". Explain how this reference creates suspense.
2. "And then my vision fell upon the seven tall candles.....and I saw that from them there would be no help. "
The narrator concretely describes two aspects of what he sees in the opening scene: the black-robed judges and seven tall candles. Close your eyes and visualize the scene as you read it aloud. Share and discuss features of your visions.
3. "Then silence, and stillness, and night were the universe. I had swooned; but still will not say that all of consciousness was lost."
Where is the narrator?
4. What impression do you have of the narrator so far?
5. What punishment have the judges decided on for the narrator?
6. How does the narrator react to the sentence?
7. What does the narrator experience while he is unconscious?
P559
The pit and the pendulum-Edgar Allan Poe
Who is telling the story?
What is the story's setting?
What is happening to the narrator?
p562-563
1. Poe begins to create suspense from the opening paragraph when he refers to the "dread sentence of death". Explain how this reference creates suspense.
2. "And then my vision fell upon the seven tall candles.....and I saw that from them there would be no help. "
The narrator concretely describes two aspects of what he sees in the opening scene: the black-robed judges and seven tall candles. Close your eyes and visualize the scene as you read it aloud. Share and discuss features of your visions.
3. "Then silence, and stillness, and night were the universe. I had swooned; but still will not say that all of consciousness was lost."
Where is the narrator?
4. What impression do you have of the narrator so far?
5. What punishment have the judges decided on for the narrator?
6. How does the narrator react to the sentence?
7. What does the narrator experience while he is unconscious?
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