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Analyzing the Text

Directions:

Poe uses many different stylistic elements in his story. Find examples of these elements and

determine what the style feature adds to the text.

What is the effect of this

Author Style Feature

Examples

style feature?

Repetition

Italics

Exclamation Points

Directions:

The narrator keeps claiming he is not mad; however, many psychologists have diagnosed the

narrator with three types of mental illness. Consider the mental illnesses below. Find examples of each in the

text.

Type of Mental Illness

Definition

Examples from the text

a mental condition characterized

Paranoia

by delusions of persecution,

unwarranted jealousy, or

exaggerated self-importance

a false impression your own

Delusions of Grander

importance or a sense that you

are much greater, powerful, and

influential than you really are

a disorder in which an idea or

Obsession

thought continually preoccupies

or intrudes in a person’s mind; the

state of being intensely

preoccupied with something

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