Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Quiz and Close Reading Bundle (Volume 2)
Evaluate reading comprehension, support critical thinking, and embrace the Halloween spirit no matter the time of year with this bundle of plot-based quizzes, close reading analysis worksheets, and vocabulary development exercises for five classic short stories by Edgar Allan Poe. The featured texts are "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Premature Burial," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Copies of the narratives and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle is available.)
By engaging with these activities, students will:
Identify what the texts state explicitly and implicitly
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions of Dark Romanticism
Discern the intended effects of the author's diction, punctuation, and narrative techniques
Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices such as metaphor, foreshadowing, personification, situational irony, and more
Conduct brief research on Swiss painter Henry Fuseli to develop greater understanding of Poe's allusion to him in "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Explore the connection between the plot of "The Fall of the House of Usher" and the content of a poem titled "The Haunted Palace"
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about Gothic fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Additional resources for teaching the literature of Edgar Allan Poe are available. Check out the first volume of Poe resources featuring the following works: "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Oval Portrait," and "Hop-Frog."
Consider pairing H.P. Lovecraft's fiction with Poe's. Check out the first volume of Lovecraft resources featuring "The Outsider," "The Beast in the Cave," "The Hound," "The Cats of Ulthar," "The Tomb," and "The Moon Bog. A second volume features "The Terrible Old Man," "The Lurking Fear," "In the Vault," "Cool Air," "What the Moon Brings," and "Beyond the Wall of Sleep." A third volume features "The Call of Cthulhu," "Dagon," "The Tree," "Polaris," "From Beyond," and "The Doom that Came to Sarnath."
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Evaluate reading comprehension, support critical thinking, and embrace the Halloween spirit no matter the time of year with this bundle of plot-based quizzes, close reading analysis worksheets, and vocabulary development exercises for five classic short stories by Edgar Allan Poe. The featured texts are "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Premature Burial," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Copies of the narratives and answer keys are provided.
