Poe Literary Devices and Vocabulary

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A lament for the dead, a mournful song

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Dirges

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A small room or monument for burial.

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Sepulcher

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Charming or enchanting, sometimes deceptively

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Beguiling

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To stop or cease

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Surcease

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Disturbing or horrifying, related to death and injury

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Macabre

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Respect or a gesture showing respect, like a bow or curtsy

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Obeisance

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An object in literature represents something greater (an idea or mood).

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Symbolism

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A narrator with compromised credibility and untrustworthy.

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Unreliable Narrator

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Moments in a story that heighten anxiety or excitement.

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Suspense

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A warning in Literature alluding to a future event.

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Foreshadowing