POE-CAB
(Vocabulary for Understanding Edgar Allan Poe and his work)

Short Story - A complete story that can be read in one sitting

Macabre - horrid, ghastly, gruesome, horrifying, having to do with death.

Foreshadowing - a hint in the story of what will happen later.

Biography - the story of someone else's life.

Romantic - style of literature and art that emphasizes imagination,

                      hope, possibility, heroes, emotion, and ideals.

Cask - a large barrel used to hold wine.

Amontillado - a kind of Spanish wine; in this story, a rare and fancy one

Revenge - to punish for perceived wrong-doing

Stanza - a "paragraph" in a poem

Verse - a line in a poem

Spanish Inquisition - a period in history when the rulers of Spain were 
                                  convinced everyone should be Roman Catholic
                                  and punished those they suspected were not.

Pendulum - a swinging lever or device, weighted at the lower end

Mad – insane

Anxiety – distress caused by fear of danger or misfortune

Concealment – the act of hiding something

Dismember – to take apart, piece by piece

Audacity – impressive boldness

Derision – ridicule, mockery

RHYME – when 2 or more words have the same ENDING sound. Cat, bat, sat, rat-a-tat-tat

ALLITERATION – when 2 or more words have the same BEGINNING sound. Shelly shoveled shells. ALSO: Famous Phil flew philosophically. ALSO: Janie generated juggling gems.

RHYTHM – the measured beat of each line in poetry.

REPETITION – Repeating. Repeating. Repeating. Repeating.

NARRATIVE POEM – tells a story.