The Pit and the Pendulum
by Edgar Allan Poe
Name: __________________
1. What is happening in the first page of the story?
2. Do you believe the narrator is lucid? Why or Why not?
3. Describe the environment the narrator is discovering? Why does Poe not clearly give
the reader all the information at once?
Write a one-sentence summary describing what happens in each of the paragraphs.
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The Pit and the Pendulum
by Edgar Allan Poe
Name: __________________
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