Lesson 6 The Black Cat and test

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

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Literature with a Creepy Twist - 6

Road Map

 Literature: Short stories with a Creepy Twist

• Edgar Allan Poe: The Black Cat
• Test explained 

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).

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

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

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

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  

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

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!

Elaborate study guide

https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/black-cat-poe

Good luck with the tests!