Raven-TTH Study Guide

Literary Terms:
-alliteration
-personification
-onomatopoeia
-hyperbole
-simile
-metaphor
-idiom
-repetition
The Raven:
 Was he imagining the conversation?
 Techniques Poe uses (repetition, alliteration…)
 Rhyme vs. Rhythm
 How do the man’s feelings change toward the Raven?
The Tell-Tale Heart:
 Evidence sheet – insane before or after? How do you know?
 Eye – what is it a symbol of?
 Man’s behavior
 Why does he confess?
 How did the hate progress toward the old man and his eye?
 What were some of the things that contributed to his hatred toward the
old man?
 What clues did Poe give to the reader that the man was going to murder
the old man?