Raul Luna Grade Level:
9th-10th
Common Core Standard: Key ideas and Detail
Assignment
Analysis:
Write an 5 pharagrah essay (250-300 words) analysing one of the vocabulary words just learned. (Example: the theme of the short story is...) Use 3 examples from the short story to support your findings.
The Black Cat
Origins and summary of "The Black Cat".
A short story by
Edgar Allan Poe
Symbolism
-the use of symbols to represent ideas or
qualities.
Forshadowing
-to warn or indicate a future event.
Irony
-a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
Theme
-the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
Bio. Youtube. (2012. September 21). Mini Bio- Edgar Allan Poe [Youtube]. Retreieved from http;//youtube.com/watch/v=x387NM6w
Web English eacher. (2009, December 170. Edgar Allan Poe; Finding Stories in Ordinary Places [Youtube]. Retrieved from http;//www.youtube.com/watch/v=mhm5_WxdTo
Symbolism
Forshadowing
Irony
Theme
Metaphor
Narrative
Edgar Allan Poe
A short bio of the author...
Metaphor
-a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract.
Narrative
-in the form of or concerned with narration.