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    This document provides 5 essay prompt options for analyzing Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum". The prompts ask students to discuss how Poe uses literary elements to create suspense, the psychological nature of the tortures in the story, whether the narrator's story is real or delusional, the overall effect the story has on readers, and whether the story suggests there is or is not hope. Students are directed to circle one prompt and begin brainstorming ideas for that selected topic.

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    This document provides 5 essay prompt options for analyzing Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum". The prompts ask students to discuss how Poe uses literary elements to create suspense, the psychological nature of the tortures in the story, whether the narrator's story is real or delusional, the overall effect the story has on readers, and whether the story suggests there is or is not hope. Students are directed to circle one prompt and begin brainstorming ideas for that selected topic.

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    This document provides 5 essay prompt options for analyzing Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum". The prompts ask students to discuss how Poe uses literary elements to create suspense, the psychological nature of the tortures in the story, whether the narrator's story is real or delusional, the overall effect the story has on readers, and whether the story suggests there is or is not hope. Students are directed to circle one prompt and begin brainstorming ideas for that selected topic.

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    The Pit and the Pendulum Essay Prompts


    Directions: Circle only one essay prompt and begin the brainstorming process for that prompt.

    1.) How does Poe use literary elements to create suspense?


    2.) How are the tortures in The Pit and the Pendulum designed to cause the narrator more
    psychological damages than physical damages?
    3.) Prove that the narrator is telling a story that actually happened to him or prove that the
    narrator is delusional.
    4.) One of Poe's trademarks is that he uses all of his literary tools to produce a single effect
    for the reader. What is the effect given by this story?
    5.) There are many references to "hope" in this story. According to Poe, is there hope?

    Name:________________________________________________________________________________

    The Pit and the Pendulum Essay Prompts


    Directions: Circle only one essay prompt and begin the brainstorming process for that prompt.

    1.) How does Poe use literary elements to create suspense?


    2.) How are the tortures in The Pit and the Pendulum designed to cause the narrator more
    psychological damages than physical damages?
    3.) Prove that the narrator is telling a story that actually happened to him or prove that the
    narrator is delusional.
    4.) One of Poe's trademarks is that he uses all of his literary tools to produce a single effect
    for the reader. What is the effect given by this story?
    5.) There are many references to "hope" in this story. According to Poe, is there hope?

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