Edgar Allan Poe Unit: Vocabulary

Select the correct term to match the definition below.

A mental illness such as severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot manage own affairs or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior

• insanity

• impulsive

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The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid

• Defense

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

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A person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone

• Prosecutor

• Defense

• Criminal

• Jury

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acting or done without forethought

• Insanity

• Premeditated

• Impulsive

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The case presented by or on behalf of the party being accused or sued in a lawsuit

• Prosecutor

• Jury

• Defense

• Criminal

What does the term superstition mean?

• An unjustified belief in supernatural causes leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief.

• a mental illness such as severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot manage own affairs or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the denotation (definition) for the term "Black Cat?"

• a cat and/or feline with fur that is black

• a cat that will give you bad luck because of superstitions

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

True or False: Edgar Allan Poe purposely writes in vocabulary that creates a negative connotation (feeling) for his audience.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

What term matches this definition?

To think out or plan (an action, especially a crime) beforehand

• premeditate

• connotation

• denotation

• impulsive

What term matches the definition?

A _______________ act done with full awareness of the likely consequences

• calculated

• denotation

• impulsive

• defense

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4