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					  Metaphor					 
					
					 “My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame”(Poe). 
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					  A figment of the imagination; an illusion.					 
					
					 What does this word mean "Phantasm" 
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					  Foreshadow					 
					
					 What type is this “In their consequences, these events have terrified -- have tortured -- have destroyed me". 
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					  The house					 
					
					 What is the setting for the story? 
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					  Pluto					 
					
					 What is the black cat's name? 
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					  Simile					 
					
					 “The fury of a demon instantly possessed me”. 
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					  The early stage of development; the condition of being a minor.					 
					
					 What does this word mean "Infancy" 
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					  Characterization					 
					
					 What type is this “From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition”. 
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					  The black cat, poe, police and wife					 
					
					 Who are the main characters in the story? 
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					  The black cat					 
					
					 Which cat was afraid of the narrator?  
					The black cat or the new cat.  | 
						
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					  Imagery					 
					
					 “I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket! I blush, I burn, I shudder, while I pen the damnable atrocity”(Poe). 
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					  Having or showing keen mental discernment.					 
					
					 What does this word mean "Sagacious" 
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					  Mood					 
					
					 What type is this “I grew, day by day, more mood, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others” 
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					  The man					 
					
					 Who hung the black cat? 
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					  The narrator					 
					
					 Who is the protagonist? 
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					  Metaphor					 
					
					 “A devilish evil chased out my soul with its power”(Poe). 
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					  Cruel or violent treatment of a person or animal.					 
					
					 What does this word mean "Maltreatment" 
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					  Tone					 
					
					 What type is this “I withdrew my arm from her grasp and buried the axe in her brain. She fell dead upon the spot, without a groan” 
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					  It caught on fire					 
					
					 What happened to the man’s house? 
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					  The white spot					 
					
					 What is the only difference between the way the black cat and the second black cat looked? 
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					  Imagery					 
					
					 “I pulled out my pocket knife and cut out one of Pluto’s eyes from its socket! ”(Poe) 
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					  A medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol.					 
					
					 What does the word mean "Tinctured" 
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					  Theme					 
					
					 What type is this "One night, returning home, much intoxicated, from one of my haunts about town, I fancied that the cat avoided my presence. I seized him; when, in his fright at my violence” 
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					  The man starting drinking and felt like the he was alone					 
					
					 Why did the black cat get hung? 
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					  He killed the cat because he wanted to do something bad for no other reason					 
					
					 Why did the narrator kill the black cat? 
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