Posted: December 18, 2013
Eng 111 - Read Poe's The Black Cat and perform the following tasks:
The Black Cat - Writing Assignments
Part 1: Go back through the text of “The Black Cat” and find examples of: (QUOTE THEM)
a. Personification (3 examples)
b. Metaphor and simile (5 examples total)
c. Alliteration (3 examples)
d. Irony (find an example of all 3 types of irony and describe how it is ironic)
e. Symbolism (4 explained symbols – what does it represent?)
art 2: Choose one of the following:
1. Rewrite a section of the story from a different point of view (the cat - Pluto or other, the wife, the policemen)
2. Re-write the ending of the story to your liking
3. Combine details and plot elements from both Poe stories "Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" to make the stories weave together.
4. Write poetry or song lyrics which reflect main theme or plot events from "The Black Cat".