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Edgar Allan PoeA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.
“Write a Poem or a Paragraph”
In this activity, students will analyze the features that characterize Poe’s style, including themes, word choice, and sentence structure or poetic rhyme/meter, and they will use those observations to write a few paragraphs or a short poem imitating Poe’s style.
Write a poem in the style of Poe’s “The Haunted Palace” or a paragraph or two in the style of the opening or conclusion of the “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
Once you have a draft of your written piece, work in a small group to peer edit and review. Display or publish your revised and edited work in a collection with your classmates.
Teaching Suggestion: Students might discuss the above elements in class or in small groups.
By Edgar Allan Poe
A Dream Within a Dream
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Annabel Lee
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Berenice
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Hop-Frog
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Ligeia
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Tamerlane
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The Black Cat
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The Cask of Amontillado
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The Conqueror Worm
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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
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The Gold Bug
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The Haunted Palace
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The Imp of the Perverse
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The Lake
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The Man of the Crowd
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The Masque of the Red Death
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
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The Oval Portrait
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The Philosophy of Composition
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