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Oh, the horror!. Irony, Suspense, and Imagery Standard 8.3.6.
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Oh, the horror! Irony, Suspense, and Imagery Standard 8.3.6
BELL RINGER: Please add these terms to your notes. They are the last two boxes on the back of the figurative language notes. These are the same side as the terms literal meaning, figurative meaning, and connotative meaning. Please ask for a notes sheet if you have misplaced this. After you finish these notes, start working on You’re the Teacher. • Theme- The central idea, message, or lesson that a work teaches us. Example: One theme or message from “The Raven was that the pain of the loss of a loved one never really leaves us. • Topic- A trait that is carried over and discussed throughout a work. The theme is related to the topic. Death, Loneliness, and Sadness were topics in “The Raven”.
What makes horror movies scary? The Unexpected Suspense Disturbing Imagery
Irony Whether we are screaming out of fear or laughter, it is because of Situational Irony. Situational Irony- When something unexpected or inappropriate for the situation occurs.
Dramatic irony • Dramatic Irony occurs when the reader or audience knows something that the character doesn’t. • Dramatic Irony helps creates suspense in a horror story • Poe also uses time to contribute to the suspense in this short story.
verbal irony • Although it does not contribute to horror, Poe uses verbal irony in the “The Tell- Tale Heart”.
imagery • the "mental pictures" that readers experience with a passage of literature. • Imagery is not limited to visual imagery
Edgar Allan Poe • His life was filled with tragedy. • Died a mysterious and peculiar death • Often wrote suspenseful, supernatural, and mysterious poems and stories • Frequent writing topics include death, mourning the death of a loved one, madness/disintegration of the mind
Based on our knowledge of Poe and the pictures in the textbook, what do you think will happen in the story? What is the point of view in this story? What might the title “Tell-Tale Heart” mean? What might be the significance of the eye of p. 537?