Wednesday, March 13, 2019

March 13, 2019 - Day 27

EQ: What is the narrator hearing from the walls? What is he really hearing?
A heart beating. His conscience/guilt


  1. What enrages the narrator?
    1. the cloudy eye
  2. What ultimately makes him attack?
    1. his madness
  3. One sound made?
    1. shriek
  4. How does he kill him?
    1. smothers him
  5.  Where does he hide the body?
    1. in the ceiling
  6. Why did the police show up?
    1. the neighbors got curious
  7. What is the narrator thriving on?
    1. pride

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

March 12, 2019 - Day 26

EQ:

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This is due on Friday at Midnight!!!!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!
  1. What is El Dorado?
    1. fountain of youth
  2. Symbolically, what are shadows?
    1. death 
  3. What is a homophone?
    1. words that sound the same and different meaning
  4. Cask of Amontillado, is there a 4th wall?
    1. Yes
  5. What does he claim?
    1. he's sane
  6. Voice or circumstance?
    1. maybe both
  7. What are your 5 senses?
    1. sight, smell, touch, hear, taste
  8.  
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  10. In context, 1843, is this too much?
  11. What time is it?
  12. Who is our narrator?
  13. What does our narrator claim to hear?
  14. What is the name.... 
    1. pulsatile tinnitus


Friday, March 8, 2019

March 8, 2019 - Day 25

EQ: What is arguably Poe's greatest work? How much did he make? Who is Lenore? Who is the Raven?
The Raven. $15. Virginia. Death


Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Personal Coat of Arms

Create your own coat of arms based on your hobbies, personality, character, and family. 

Must be included: 

  1. a symbol/picture to represent an important place
  2. a symbol/picture to represent a hobby/activity
  3. an animal that represents you
  4. any other symbol/picture that represents you/your family
  5. a personal motto
  6. It must be colorful and neat!
On the back:
Write a sentence to each symbol explaining WHY you chose it. 

March 6, 2019 - Day 24

EQ: What is the saying about revenge? What does it mean? What is internal rhyme?
It is a dish best served cold. Revenge is best when the person does not expect it. Rhyming internally in a stanza.


  1.  Why does he stop working on the wall?
  2.  What does he do in return?
  3. Why?
  4. Was there ever Amontillado?
    1. no
  5. What word does Fortunato look like?
    1. fortunate
  6. What is this ironic?
    1. he was not fortunate
  7. What is the golden rule of writing?
    1. pick a topic that you want to write about
  8. What are the last three words?
    1. rest in peace

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Vocabulary 61-80


  1. pestilence - disease
  2. cask - barrel, keg of alcohol
  3. impunity - to get away with 
  4. immolation - destruction
  5. accost - wrestle, to grab roughly
  6. implore - beg
  7. hearken - listen
  8. En Medias Res - in the middle of
  9. rhyme scheme - pattern of rhyme found
  10. free verse - has no pattern of rhyme in the poem
  11. stanza - paragraph in a poem
  12. internal rhyme - rhyme found within a line (middle and end)
  13. homophone - same sounding words but different meanings
  14. 4th wall - invisible wall that separates the audience from the story
  15. dissimulated - conceal or disguise
  16. cunning - trickery
  17. symbolism - deeper meaning
  18. vex - bothered
  19. sagacity - cleaverness
  20. suppositions - guesses, theories

March 5, 2019 - Day 23

EQ: What pestilence affected Poe the most? What is the greatest revenge you can get on someone?
Tuberculosis. Suffering


  1. How many times has the narrator been injured?
    1. a thousand
  2. Who has been injuring the narrator?
    1. Fortunato
  3. Is the narrator crazy?
    1. Yes, he tries multiple times to say he's not. 
  4. When the narrator says he is going to something what?
    1. revenge
  5. With revenge comes...
    1.  consequences
  6. When is it revenge?
    1. getting ahead, not even
  7. How is the narrator acting towards his enemy?
    1. very kind
  8. If you are respected and feared, it's because why?
    1. you have power
  9. What time is it?
    1. Mardi Gras
  10. What is the narrator doing right now?
    1. creating dark humor and irony
  11. Why does the narrator offer up for advice about the amontillado?
    1. play on his expertise
  12. Why does he do this?
    1. reverse psychology
  13. What does our narrator put on?
    1. mask
  14. What were the orders?
    1. servants can't leave
  15. Why?
    1. if you tell them no, they will do the opposite
  16. What is the difference between genius and insanity?
    1. thin line

August 17, 2020

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