How Does Edgar Allan Poe Create Mood And Suspense
Short Stories Writing Assignment
Mood and Suspense 1. Introduction
Attention Grabber: Edgar Allan Poe is an American author best known for his tales of mystery
Connection: He has written numerous short stories and of those many are about horror.
Sentence that flows: In the "Pit and the Pendulum" Poe demonstrates his skills of creating mood and suspense.
Thesis: Edgar Allan Poe’s expertise in creating mood and suspense in best seen through his use of imagery, symbolism, and word choice 2. Body Par
Topic: Poe uses imagery by using an object that is not really there in order to create a visual comparison
Example: "I gasped and struggled at each vibration. I shrunk convulsively an its every sweep. My eyes followed its outward or upward whorls …show more content…
Explanation: Poe uses this phrase to have the reader feel for the prisoner and also to create suspense.
Summary: Poe imagery as a strong point to create mood and suspense 3. Body Par
Topic: Symbolism is a literary device that can be used for creating mood and suspense.
Example: "The first stoke of the razor-like crescent athwart any portion of the band could so detach it that it might be unwound from my person by means of my left hand. But how fearful, in that case, the proximity of the steel! The result of the slightest struggle, how deadly!" (Poe 298).
Explanation: The pendulum is symbolic because it represents the time remaining for the narrator to survive.
Example: "I put forward my arm, and shuddered to find that I had fallen at the very brink of a circular pit, whose extent, of course, I had no means of ascertaining at the moment, Groping about the masonry just below the margin, I succeeded in dislodging a small fragment and let if fall into the abyss” (Poe
Mood and Suspense 1. Introduction
Attention Grabber: Edgar Allan Poe is an American author best known for his tales of mystery
Connection: He has written numerous short stories and of those many are about horror.
Sentence that flows: In the "Pit and the Pendulum" Poe demonstrates his skills of creating mood and suspense.
Thesis: Edgar Allan Poe’s expertise in creating mood and suspense in best seen through his use of imagery, symbolism, and word choice 2. Body Par
Topic: Poe uses imagery by using an object that is not really there in order to create a visual comparison
Example: "I gasped and struggled at each vibration. I shrunk convulsively an its every sweep. My eyes followed its outward or upward whorls …show more content…
Explanation: Poe uses this phrase to have the reader feel for the prisoner and also to create suspense.
Summary: Poe imagery as a strong point to create mood and suspense 3. Body Par
Topic: Symbolism is a literary device that can be used for creating mood and suspense.
Example: "The first stoke of the razor-like crescent athwart any portion of the band could so detach it that it might be unwound from my person by means of my left hand. But how fearful, in that case, the proximity of the steel! The result of the slightest struggle, how deadly!" (Poe 298).
Explanation: The pendulum is symbolic because it represents the time remaining for the narrator to survive.
Example: "I put forward my arm, and shuddered to find that I had fallen at the very brink of a circular pit, whose extent, of course, I had no means of ascertaining at the moment, Groping about the masonry just below the margin, I succeeded in dislodging a small fragment and let if fall into the abyss” (Poe