Notes from Student Samples: “Cask” paragraph

 (C) The way he describes the catacombes as

dark, cold and mysterious so quiet it is scary,
makes it possible to imagine you are there.

 (TS) Poe uses --- diction to explain the

setting and give readers a sense of dread. … To
further instill dread and a feeling that the vaults,
the large grave has not been disturbed by
activity, Poe uses the words “damp,” “white
web-work,” and “niter,” and “walls of piled
bones, with casks and puncheons.”

 (D/Ex) We hear the “furious vibrations of the

chains” (78) and the “low moaning cry” (78)
that come from the fearful Fortunato, deep in
the catacombs. Not only does this imagery
make you feel the fear that clutches the victim’s
heart, but it also forces you to imagine what you
would do in such an irreversible and fatal
situation.
 Fortunato knows he is on his way to death.
He lets out a “low moaning cry” ( ) and is
frozen by the “furious vibrations of the chain”
(#).

 [It ? what’s it…be specific] makes you feel

as if you were the one watching your life come
to an end, hearing and seeing the repeated
sounds of death as it gets darker and darker.

 The cold catacombs make Fortunato cough.

The rats running across the walls of the
catacombs make it creepier. (and…now,
conclude the impact of the setting)

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Student Name (First & Last)

Mrs. Weaver (Teacher’s name)

LNG 311 3rd period (Class & period)

3 Sept. 2010 (Date)