Lesson 6 The Black Cat and test

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Welcome!
Literature with a Creepy Twist - 6

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Road Map

 Literature: Short stories with a Creepy Twist
  • Edgar Allan Poe: The Black Cat
  • Test explained 

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Test
(Open) questions     
You can answer the (open) questions in English or Dutch. Read each question carefully, pay attention to the number of points you can score, because a short ‘Yes’ or ‘No’
or ‘I didn’t like it because it was boring’ will not do!
In general:
You can argue your personal opinion (2 open questions).


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Roald Dahl
The Man from the South & The Way up to Heaven 
open questions
- You can relate the stories' plot lines
- You can describe the main characters
 You can describe how the short story is built up in general
- You can describe at least 2 ways in which Dahl tries to build up tension in the stories

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Edwin Brock
Five Ways to Kill a Man - poem
true/false questions and open questions

- You can describe the content of each stanza
- You can explain the title
- You can describe at least one literary feature of the poem



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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe's life & the Black Cat
multiple choice questions
- You can describe the main points of both Poe's personal and literary life
- You can describe the plot line of The Black Cat

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Literary aspects
Structure
1. Introduction 
2. Rising action - often there is some kind of conflict
3. Climax 
4. Falling action - attempts are made to work things out
5. Denouement  

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The Black Cat
  1. Highlight words you do not know
  2. Pay attention to the person of the narrator:
  • can you trust him? why? why not?
  • how does your image of him change throughout the story?
  • see if you can trace the story's structure

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Literary aspects - structure
1. Introduction : narrator's initial situation
2. Rising action : narrator's drink problem and its effects
3. Climax : Fire!
4. Falling action: another cat with consequences
5. Denouement: all's well than ends well .... NOT!

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Good luck with the tests!

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