Cards in this guide (19)
What does Poe use in the black cat to make the reader question the accuracy of the narrators account of events
The internal first person point of view
What does the setting of a gothic story help an author quickly establish
What social institution did Renaissance thinkers connect with the Goths in order to imply that it was backward and barbaric
In this passage how does Poe create the effect of time passing quickly
What passage is an example of rising action in Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat
I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket!
What technique is Poe using in this passage to help develop the narrator's character
Repetition of the word “I” - apex🥶🥶🥶🥶
What effect does the narrator create by repeating the phrase hung it' from passage in the black cat
What element of this passage helps the reader infer that the narrator might possibly be insane and without morals
What element allows the reader to question the accuracy of the narrators account of events in The Black Cat
Which element of the plot appears directly at the beginning of The Black Cat
Falling action is the answer for apex users
What word contributes to the gothic tone
What events from the black cat seem to prove the wife's superstition about the cats to be correct
A second black cat, very similar to the narrator's first cat, appears out of nowhere --APEX
What is a best description of a Gothic story line
(updated) a teenager believes his new neighbors have placed an ancient curse on him APEX
What superstitious belief does the narrator's wife hold about cats
that they are witches in disguise.
Why does the narrator cut out one of the eyes of his cat Pluto
The cat was frightened and bit him
What affect does poes use of short sentences have on the pacing of this passage
It creates the effect of time passing quickly in the story APEX
Who falling action of The Black Cat appears during which part of the story
what does the narrator do to the first cat after it bites him on the hand
he cuts out one of the cats eyes
which passage is part of the climax edgar allan poes the black cat
Upon its head...sat the hideous beast...I had walled the monster up within the tomb!
