Edgar Allan Poe

“THE BLACK CAT”

 Do you like reading stories or watching
films that frighten you? Why/why not?

What is the best horror story or movie that

you have ever seen? Write a few sentences
about it in your notebook and explain
briefly what happens.
 What does it mean if
someone/something is

mad
?

 What is the meaning of

horror
?
 Edgar Allan Poe led a difficult life and
believed that he was mad.

 Is it necessary for a writer to be mad to

be able to write real horror stories?

 Do the readers of horror stories like the

stories more if they too have a difficult
life?

 Can horror stories be dangerous for

some people? How?
 
What does superstitious
mean?

 Are black cats ‘evil’ in our

culture?

 Are you superstitious? If so, what

about? If not, why not?
 Read “The Black Cat.”

Take your time and concentrate on the words that you

don’t know. Go back and re-read if necessary. This
is an important skill for figuring out what is going on
if the language is difficult.
The Black Cat

 Write a summary of “The Black Cat.”

Go back through the story, select
the important details, put them into
your own words, and summarize
what happens.
 Vocabulary…
 succinctly- The teacher didn’t want a long,
drawn-out answer.
 feeble- An old, old man
 sagacious- OWL
 fiend- Tybalt, Brutus, John Wilkes Booth…
 Loathe- I loathe refried beans!
 aversion- To lazy students, pickled herring, and
having goosebumps
 in vain- Her efforts to play in the NFL were in
vain.
 render- Picasso rendered many famous
paintings.