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Where should each of the following
statements be placed in the Venn
diagram?
How does each statement relate to the
tension in the stories?
The narrator is haunted by his deviant action
The narrator is haunted
by his deviant action
The narrator is self-congratulatory
The narrator is selfcongratulatory
The narrator is facing execution for his crimes
The narrator is
facing execution
for his crimes
The text continually builds in tension
until its climax
The text continually
builds in tension
until its climax
The events of the story that are
narrated, cover several years
The events of the
story that are
narrated, cover
several years
The story explores the consequences of
allowing the ‘imp of the perverse’ to
gain control
The story explores the
consequences of
allowing the ‘imp of
the perverse’ to gain
control
The narrator blames alcohol for his actions
The narrator
blames alcohol
for his actions
The narrator is unreliable and
questionably sane
The narrator is
unreliable and
questionably sane
The eye is a significant symbol in the story
The eye is a
significant
symbol in the
story
It is unclear whether the narrator’s own
sense of guilt has led to his downfall or if a
supernatural event has taken place
It is unclear
whether the
narrator’s own
sense of guilt
has led to his
downfall or if a
supernatural
event has taken
place
The cruelty of the narrator is emphasized
The cruelty of the
narrator is
emphasized
Anaphora is used to build tension in the text
Anaphora is
used to build
tension in the
text
Poe has used light and darkness to control
the focus of the story
Poe has used light
and darkness to
control the focus of
the story
The story has moments of dark humour
The story has
moments of dark
humour
The narrator claims to suffer from an illness
that makes the senses more acute
The narrator
claims to suffer
from an illness
that makes the
senses more acute
There is something morally satisfying
about the story’s ending
There is something
morally satisfying
about the story’s
ending
The text has more than one phase in the
build up of tension
The text has more
than one phase in
the build up of
tension
The narrator’s motives for committing his
crimes are unclear
The narrator’s
motives for
committing his
crimes are
unclear
Poe uses silence and stillness to build tension
Poe uses
silence and
stillness to
build tension
Examine the ways in which Edgar Allan
Poe establishes and sustains tension in
two short stories you have read
Compare and contrast the ways in which
Edgar Allan Poe establishes and sustains
tension in two short stories you have read
An essay is basically a
stack of burgers –
A stack of ideas,
supported by evidence
from the text and
analysis that directly
answers the question set