Name:      Brianna Espinoza Date:  9/3/21    

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe

WORD LIST
annihilate    antiquity    fissure    dissolution    rending    tumultuous

A. DIRECTIONS: Write the Concept Vocabulary word that best fits in the
sentence. Change the form of the word if necessary.

1.Deep within the walls of the old house I heard a        rumble
that felt like an earthquake.

2.In the end, the entire Usher family was     annihilate  , and nothing was
left.

3.On the table was a large silver bowl with a long, crooked     fissure   that
ran all the way across its bottom edge.

4.Iopened a book that was moldy and tattered and showed signs of great
    antiquity  .

5.Roderick picked up a loaf of bread, and, after        it in half,

placed it on the tray.

B. WORD STUDY: DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION The dictionary

definition of a word is its denotation. Feelings and implications that come to mind
with a word are its connotations. For example, the connotation of antiquity,
suggests not just the past, but a very ancient past that now seems foreign to our
everyday experience.

1. Find the word lofty in the selection. Write its denotation and connotation.
DENOTATION:       
CONNOTATION:       
2. Find the word quivered in the selection. Write its denotation and
connotation.
DENOTATION:       
CONNOTATION:       
3. Find the word elaborate in the selection. Write its denotation and
connotation.

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 DENOTATION:       
CONNOTATION:       

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