Poe Literary Devices and Vocabulary

A lament for the dead, a mournful song

• Macabre

• Sepulcher

• Obeisance

• Dirges

A small room or monument in which a person is buried after

they die

• Sepulcher

• Dirges

• Macabre

• Obeisance

Charming or enchanting, sometimes in a deceptive way

• Beguiling

• Obeisance

• Macabre

• Dirges

To stop or cease

• Macabre

• Beguile

• Surcease

• Dirges

Disturbing or horrifying, dealing with death and injury

• Macabre

• Dirge

• Obeisance

• Surcease

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

• Dirge

• Macabre

• Obeisance

• Sepulcher

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

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

• Symbolism

A narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised and who is untrustworthy.

• Omniscient Narrator

• Third Person Narrator

• Unpredictable Narrator

• Unreliable Narrator

Moments in the story that lead to an increased feeling of anxiety or excitement.

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

• Symbolism

• Irony

A warning in Literature that alludes to a future event that will take place.

• Symbolism

• Irony

• Suspense

• Foreshadowing