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Poe’s “Fall of the House of Usher” Assignments
p. 293-310
Directions:
- As you read, write down words or phrases that illustrate the single-effect Poe creates.
- Go to www.wordle.net
- Create a word cloud for “Fall of the House of Usher”
- Print it (preferably in color), mount it on construction paper, and enhance it with appropriate images.
- To print:
a. Take a screen shot of your wordle (click print screen on your keyboard)
b. Paste it into “paint”
c. Erase all other parts of screen shot around your wordle
d. Copy and paste to word document
e. Print in color
Word List
Reading Questions and Vocabulary
Questions
1. What is the single-effect Poe creates?
2. Describe the house of Usher.
3. How does the narrator feel upon seeing the house of Usher?
4. Why, specifically, has the narrator come to the house of Usher?
5. What is peculiar (as the narrator puts it, deficient) about the Usher lineage?
6. How has Roderick Usher changed since the narrator last saw him?
7. Describe Roderick Usher’s affliction.
8. Who is Madeline? What is her affliction?
9. How does the poem reflect Usher’s state of mind?
10. What does the narrator learn when Madeline dies?
11. How does Roderick Usher change after the death of his sister?
12. Describe the events that happen on the narrator’s sleepless night.
13. What sounds does the narrator hear as he reads to Usher?
14. Why does the narrator flee the House of Usher?
15. What happens to the House of Usher?
Vocabulary:
1. Choose 15 unfamiliar words to define within the context of the story.
2. Define them (including the word’s part of speech)
3. Choose 5 for which you write a contextual sentence about the story.
Word / page # / POS / DefinitionSentences
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
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