Cards in this guide (26)
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 key element is found in Gothic literature
an ancestral curse that complicates the lives of modern-day characters.(apex)
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 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 can an author use to quickly establish the mood and tone of a Gothic story
The setting of the story does this.
What element of this passage helps the reader infer that the narrator might possibly be insane and without morals
Which place would be the best example of a Gothic setting
the grand ballroom of a modern cruise ship
Which passage is an example of the falling action in the black cat
What events from The Black Cat seem to prove the wife's superstition about cats to be correct
Dakota Deslets is a shhlut
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 does Poe use to speed up the pacing and increase the tension in the passage
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 point in the story does the falling action of The Black Cat appear
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In The Black Cat what happens after the narrator's character undergoes a radical alteration for the worse
He starts abusing his wife and his favorite cat, Pluto --APEX
What information does the narrator withhold at the beginning of the black cat
The events that have caused the narrator to think he will die the following day- apex
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Who falling action of The Black Cat appears during which part of the story
What effect does and author's use of long and complex sentences have on a story
They make it seem as if time within the story has slowed down.
In the passage why does the narrator slowly build up to the moment he kills the cat
What can a reader infer about the narrator from the businesslike tone of this passage
That he is without morals and possibly insane.
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!