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Edgar Allan Poe. Literary Vocabulary Essential Question: What makes you suspicious and scared?. What makes you suspicious and scared?. Suspicion is when something seems untrustworthy to you…you feel something is not quite right.
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Edgar Allan Poe Literary Vocabulary Essential Question: What makes you suspicious and scared?
What makes you suspicious and scared? • Suspicion is when something seems untrustworthy to you…you feel something is not quite right. Sometimes you have to evaluate whether a narrator is trustworthy or not. For example, in “The Tell-Tale Heart”, the narrator does not seem reliable and trustworthy because he is insane! • Mood- If you are suspicious, it can change your mood, or how you FEEL…. • Setting- the time/pace of a story- it can change the mood depending on what it is. For example, a haunted house setting will be more suspicious than an enchanted castle.
Points of View (POV) • 1st person POV- uses pronouns such as I, me, we, us, ours • 2nd person POV- refers for YOU to do something….usually directions • 3rd person POV- uses pronouns such as he, she, they, them, it, her, him….
2 Types of Conflict • External Conflict- a problem with an outside force. Ex- problems between characters, problems with a force of nature, etc • Internal Conflict- A problem with in one’s self…For example- Edgar Allan Poe had this….he was a very frustrated individual!
Suspense • Suspense is created in the story to make a reader want to know what is going to happen next. It can be created by: • Repeating words or phrases • Emphasizing details with vivid descriptions • Describing a characters anxiety or fears
Imagery • Imagery is using words that appeal to one of your 5 senses- sight, hearing, taste, smelling, touching. For Example- The ice cold wind smelled of the horrible stench of a dead animal. This sentence appeal to both touch (Ice cold) and smell (dead animal stench)
Foreshadow, Flashback, Chronological Order • Foreshadow- to present and indication of something that is going to happen • Flashback- an interruption in a present scene that takes you back in time to something that has happened. • Chronological Order- A sequence of events in a story…remember, flashbacks come first!