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Brooklyn Henderson

Created on October 9, 2024

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"The Tell-Tale Heart"

Appease the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe Escape from Poe's haunted manor

START

You're an urban explorer and you find an old abandoned house in the woods. Your friends told you that going out in a thunderstorm was a bad idea, but you didn't listen. They tried to warn you.....

They tried to warn you...

Once you enter the house, you're trapped.

Poe's ghost is trapped in this house, and now so are you. You're both doomed to wander Poe's manor until he regains all his memories. To escape, you help must him find them. You must first overcome all the challenges and collect the missing objects in your inventory. Explore the house before midnight, or you're trapped forever… It's 10:00 p.m, now.... Good luck....

Explore the house

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1809, Richmond

01

According to the Britannica Kids link you found in Google Classroom. When and where was Edgar Allan Poe born?

1810, Baltimore

1809, Boston

02

What event in Poe's early life had a significant impact on him?

His mother passed away when he was 2.

He won a writing contest at age 10.

He became wealthy at a young age.

03

What was Poe's first major literary success?

"The Raven"

"MS. Found in a Bottle"

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

04

Which career did Poe pursue alongside his writing?

Lawyer

Soldier

Painter

05

Which story is considered the first modern detective story?

"The Black Cat"

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

06

How did Poe die?

He was murdered.

He died from tuberculosis.

The cause of his death is unknown.

07

What famous poem made Edgar Allan Poe widely popular during his lifetime?

"Annabel Lee"

"The Raven"

"Eldorado"

08

Which nickname was given to Poe due to his harsh reviews?

Tomahawk Man

Midnight Critic

The Dark Poet

09

Where is Edgar Allan Poe buried?

Richmond, Virginia

New York, New York

Baltimore, Maryland

10

What personal hardship influenced much of Poe's writing?

He struggled with poverty throughout his life.

He suffered with chronic illness.

He had a long-standing rivalry with Charles Dickens.

This is not correct...

It's 11:00 p.m. You have one hour

Find the key to continue

Continue exploring the house

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Find the poem "Annabelle Lee" in Google Classroom

01

In the poem, "Annabelle Lee", where do Annabelle Lee and the speaker live?

In the mountains

By the sea

By the lake

In a valley

02

The narrator's feelings for Annabel Lee can best be described as -

Fleeting

Intense

Immature

Unrealistic

03

According to the narrator, how did Annabel Lee die?

her jealous relatives killed her

she froze to death in a high wind

the jealous angels sent a wind to chill her

strangers attacked her by the ocean

New York

04

Hidden Message answer to the hidden message from the poem "Annabelle Lee"

Virgina

Kentucky

Massachusetts

You found a secret message

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Remember these notes and play them on the piano in the correct order

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02

...Keep playing

03

...One more

Start over...

You found a new item for your inventory

It's 11:45 p.m.... Time's running out.

You found a new item for your inventory

Continue exploring the house

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Use the magnifying glass to search for the code and then insert it into the typewriter

Nevermore

This page is password protected

Enter the password

Answer these questions to escape! Refer to your workbook for clues!

01

"True! - Nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am!but why will you say that I am mad?" This person is obviously nervous. but what does this make the reader feel?

Calm

Suspicious

Fightened

02

A first person perspective has more of a chance of being

Unreliable

Friendly

Influencial

03

An unreliable narrator is a speaker is someone

Who cannot be a main character in a story because they lie.

Who is a storyteller who has made plans and cancelled them.

Whose perspective cannot be trusted to be true.

A briefcase has appeared...

It's locked...look in the inventory for something to open it

Congratulations

You have recovered all the memories of the ghost! Now it can finally rest and you can escape from the house!

Are you sure you want to exit?

You will lose all progress made so far...

Exit

Back

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