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    This document provides instructions for a reading and response assignment on Edgar Allan Poe for a course on American literature at the University of Guayquil. Students are asked to read a passage about Poe, watch a YouTube video about why to read his works, and answer 6 multiple choice and 2 short answer questions related to Poe's life, works, and literary techniques. The questions cover topics like Poe's guiding principle for fiction, genres he published in, characters he created, common themes in his stories, ages his mother and wife died, elements distinguishing his gothic horror stories, and factors that contributed to his difficult life.

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    This document provides instructions for a reading and response assignment on Edgar Allan Poe for a course on American literature at the University of Guayquil. Students are asked to read a passage about Poe, watch a YouTube video about why to read his works, and answer 6 multiple choice and 2 short answer questions related to Poe's life, works, and literary techniques. The questions cover topics like Poe's guiding principle for fiction, genres he published in, characters he created, common themes in his stories, ages his mother and wife died, elements distinguishing his gothic horror stories, and factors that contributed to his difficult life.

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    American Literature Romanticism Read & Respond #1: Instructions

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    This document provides instructions for a reading and response assignment on Edgar Allan Poe for a course on American literature at the University of Guayquil. Students are asked to read a passage about Poe, watch a YouTube video about why to read his works, and answer 6 multiple choice and 2 short answer questions related to Poe's life, works, and literary techniques. The questions cover topics like Poe's guiding principle for fiction, genres he published in, characters he created, common themes in his stories, ages his mother and wife died, elements distinguishing his gothic horror stories, and factors that contributed to his difficult life.

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    UNIVERSITY

    OF GUAYAQUIL
    AMERICAN LITERATURE

    Romanticism
    Read & Respond #1

    Name: _____________________________________________ Date: ______________________
    Course: PIN-S-MA-5-1/4 Teacher: Israel Bravo B.

    Instructions
    • Read the pdf file (outline_of_us_literature page 34 ) about Edgar Allan Poe
    • Watch the following YouTube video “Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe?
    https://youtu.be/8lgg-pVjOok
    • Answer the questions related to the text and the video.


    Underline the correct answer

    1. Which phrase best sums up Poe’s guiding principle for writing fiction?
    a) Shock and awe
    b) Unity of effect
    c) The iceberg principle
    d) Deep hidden meaning

    2. In which of these literary genres did Poe not publish?
    a) Epic poem
    b) Adventure novel
    c) Satire
    d) Detective fiction

    3. Which of these figures is a character created by Poe?
    a) Robinson Crusoe
    b) C. Auguste Dupin
    c) Sherlock Holmes
    d) Jane Eyre

    4. Which of these themes appears prominently in a number of Poe’s stories?
    a) The triumph of “rugged individualism”
    b) The complexity of family life
    c) Unrequited love
    d) The tendency toward self-destruction

    5. Poe’s mother and wife both died at what age?
    a) 24
    b) 30
    c) 38
    d) 47







    UNIVERSITY OF GUAYAQUIL
    AMERICAN LITERATURE

    6. What elements distinguish Poe’s gothic horror stories?

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    7. What are some factors that contributed to Poe’s difficult life?

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