Red Death Sensory Language
Authored by Jessica Murphy
English
6th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
“There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.”
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
“The seventh apartment was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all over the ceiling and down the walls, falling in heavy folds upon a carpet of the same material and hue. But in this chamber only, the color of the windows failed to correspond with the decorations. The panes here were scarlet --a deep blood color. “
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
“But in the corridors that followed the suite, there stood, opposite to each window, a heavy tripod, bearing a brazier of fire that projected its rays through the tinted glass and so glaringly illumined the room. And thus were produced a multitude of gaudy and fantastic appearances. But in the western or black chamber the effect of the fire-light that streamed upon the dark hangings through the blood-tinted panes, was ghastly in the extreme, and produced so wild a look upon the countenances of those who entered, that there were few of the company bold enough to set foot within its precincts at all.”
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
“Its pendulum swung to and fro with a dull, heavy, monotonous clang; and when the minute-hand made the circuit of the face, and the hour was to be stricken, there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a sound which was clear and loud and deep and exceedingly musical…”
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
“Be sure they were grotesque. There were much glare and glitter and piquancy and phantasm --much of what has been since seen in ‘Hernani.’ There were arabesque figures with unsuited limbs and appointments. There were delirious fancies such as the madman fashions. “
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
“There was a sharp cry --and the dagger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet, upon which, instantly afterwards, fell prostrate in death the Prince Prospero.”
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
“The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot in the habiliments of the grave. The mask which concealed the visage was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the closest scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat…His vesture was dabbled in blood --and his broad brow, with all the features of the face, was besprinkled with the scarlet horror.”
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
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