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29 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Where is the poem set?
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By the sea
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How did Annabel Lee die? (According to the narrator)
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Jealous angels sent a chill
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How would you describe the narrator's feelings for Annabel Lee?
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Intense
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What line is repeated in the poem?
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Kingdom by the Sea
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How do you think the speaker feels after Annabel's death?
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Resentment towards Annabel Lee's relatives.
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How would you describe the narrator?
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Mentally unstable by the death of his love one.
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The theme of this poem deals with what feeling?
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Love and loss.
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Why did the preservationists want to save the building?
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They believed it was a landmark.
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What did the preservationists study in order to try to save the Poe house?
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Public Records
Documents of people who knew Poe. Letters of people who knew Poe. |
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Why did the NYC Officials believe the Poe building should be demolished?
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Poe lived in there for a short amount of time and no important writing were in this house.
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What was the judge's decision?
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He dismissed the case.
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Why does the author use flashback?
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Tell events that lead him to prison.
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What is the setting.
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His prison cell and his house.
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What type of conflict is present?
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Internal
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Name at least 3 characters.
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Narrator, Wife, and Cat
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Whose point of view is the passage told from?
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The Narrator (First Person)
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What does the black cat symbolize?
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The narrator's conscience.
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What is the climax?
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The discovery of the body/When the Police find the body.
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What literary device does the narrator use to tell his story?
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Flashback
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What are CLUES In literature called? (Poe uses them in this passage)
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Forshadowing
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What does anomalous mean?
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Out of place
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What does docile mean?
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Easily Manages
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What does forbearance mean?
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Patience
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What does homely mean?
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Unattractive or plain in appearance.
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What does loathe mean?
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Dislike
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What does unfathomable mean?
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Not capable of being understood.
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What are seraphs?
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Angels
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What does coveted mean?
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Envied
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What does dissever mean?
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Seperate
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