Starter quiz
- Which are the most likely things you would find in a poem?
- Newspaper headline
- Interviews
- A rhyme scheme ✓
- Similes and metaphors ✓
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- Match the words on the left with the correct definition on the right.
- Stanza⇔The paragraphs in a poem ✓
- Onomatopoeia⇔When a word sounds like its meaning ✓
- Simile⇔Comparison between two nouns using either "like" or "as." ✓
- Metaphor⇔Comparison between two nouns using the verb "to be" ✓
- How do we identify the rhyme scheme in poetry?
- We mark each line with letters of the alphabet starting with A. ✓
- We mark each line with numbers starting with 1.
- We mark each line using letters and numbers.
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- What do we call a long poem that tells a story?
- A limerick
- A haiku
- A ballad ✓
- A sonnet
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- If a poem was written in the 1800s, what century was it written in?
- 19th century ✓
- 18th century
- 17th century
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- When we talk about the context of a poem, what do we mean?
- The meaning expressed in it.
- The words used by the writer.
- The rhyme scheme used by the writer.
- The society the writer lives within. ✓
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Exit quiz
- What did readers think of 'The Raven' when it was published?
- It was very popular. ✓
- It was widely disliked.
- Readers thought it was very strange.
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- In which century did Gothic fiction emerge?
- 20th century
- 19th century
- 18th century ✓
- 17th century
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- Which of the following is not a feature of Gothic stories?
- Melancholy heroes
- Gloomy weather
- Talking animals ✓
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- What does grief mean?
- A deep sadness in Gothic fiction
- A deep sense of loss ✓
- A deep feeling of terror
- A deep dread of the unknown
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- 'The Raven' is typical of Gothic stories for which of the following reasons?
- The supernatural setting
- The melancholy hero ✓
- The bleak weather ✓
- The cold time of year
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- How does the speaker respond to the raven in Poe's 'The Raven'?
- Firstly with curiosity and finally with despair ✓
- Firstly with disbelief and finally with anger
- Firstly with anger and finally with aggression
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Key learning points
- Edgar Allan Poe wrote brilliant ghost stories and detective fiction.
- The Gothic genre is a form of literature that emerged in the middle of the 18th century and is still popular today .
- 'The Raven’ was Poe's masterpiece and it likely draws on his own experiences of grief and devastation.
- ‘The Raven’ is about a bereaved man who is visited by a raven who torments him into madness.
Common misconception
Gothic only applies to external settings like buildings and the weather.
The Gothic is about psychological states as much as setting.
Keywords
Bleak - Bleak means to be gloomy and depressing.
Macabre - Macabre means to be obsessed with death.
Grief - Grief is a feeling of deep sadness especially after a death.
Melancholy - Melancholy is a long lasting feeling of sadness
Sinister - Sinister means hinting at danger.
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