Name: Date:

EDGAR ALLAN POE WEBERCISE

THE RAVEN
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BefliMlEzZ8
Poem: https://poestories.com/read/raven
Interactive: http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/raven/start.cfm

What are your impressions on the narrator?

How does the ravens quote Nevermore change in

meaning throughout the story? Explain with text
evidence.

What do you think the raven symbolizes in the story?

Find text evidence that support your reasons. Identify
another literary device with text evidence.

Do you prefer listening to the story or reading the

poem yourself? Specify and explain.
 THE TELL-TALE HEART
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDLLHTdVSgU
Short Story: https://poestories.com/read/telltaleheart
Interactive: http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/writer/telltaleheart.asp

After viewing this video, what did you think

contributed to this type of storytelling? Specify
details.

What are two literary devices that you can identify?

Provide a text example for each.

The narrator argues that he is not crazy, but we

believe otherwise. Provide two reasons with text
evidence to justify that he is insane.

What made the narrator act on the eighth night

compared to the other seven nights he entered the
old mans room?

Your Own Story/Poem

Create your own short story or poem that uses at least three literary devices. Make sure your narrative is
similar to Poes The Raven or The Tell-Tale Heart; make the weirdest, mysterious, creepiest story you ever
made (make sure this is age appropriate)!