Vocabulary in The Pit and the Pendulum
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The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe
Lesson Plans by Kristy Littlehale
“The Pit and the Pendulum” is a short story of horror that uses detailed sensory imagery in order to instill fear and horror in the reader. These elements combined with the characters’ realization of his impending doom by either a razor-sharp pendulum or a cavernous abyss create yet another Poe-ian world of despair, fear, and a yearn for redemption.
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Vocabulary lesson plan in The Pit and the Pendulum
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- Slide: 1
- GOSSAMER
- (n.) a fine, filmy substance, usually reflective of light, like a spider's web; delicate
- Slide: 2
- SWOON
- (v.) to faint; to lose consciousness; pass out
- Slide: 3
- CHASM
- (n.) a breach or fissure in the earth, a wall, or floor
- Slide: 4
- SURCINGLE
- (n.) a wide leather strap
- Slide: 5
- CHARNEL
- (adj.) relating to death, or where the dead are laid to rest
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