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

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

They tried to warn you...

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.....

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....

Once you enter the house, you're trapped.

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Explore the house

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It is closed...

It is too dark...

1809, Boston

1810, Baltimore

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

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1809, Richmond

He became wealthy at a young age.

He won a writing contest at age 10.

His mother passed away when he was 2.

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

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"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

"MS. Found in a Bottle"

"The Raven"

What was Poe's first major literary success?

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Painter

Soldier

Lawyer

Which career did Poe pursue alongside his writing?

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"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

"The Black Cat"

Which story is considered the first modern detective story?

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The cause of his death is unknown.

He died from tuberculosis.

He was murdered.

How did Poe die?

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"Eldorado"

"The Raven"

"Annabel Lee"

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

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The Dark Poet

Midnight Critic

Tomahawk Man

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

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Baltimore, Maryland

New York, New York

Richmond, Virginia

Where is Edgar Allan Poe buried?

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He had a long-standing rivalry with Charles Dickens.

He suffered with chronic illness.

He struggled with poverty throughout his life.

What personal hardship influenced much of Poe's writing?

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This is not correct...

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

Find the key to continue

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Continue exploring the house

Inventory opened...

It is too dark...

In a valley

By the lake

By the sea

In the mountains

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

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Find the poem "Annabelle Lee" in Google Classroom

Unrealistic

Immature

Intense

Fleeting

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

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strangers attacked her by the ocean

the jealous angels sent a wind to chill her

she froze to death in a high wind

her jealous relatives killed her

According to the narrator, how did Annabel Lee die?

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Massachusetts

Kentucky

Virgina

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

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New York

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

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You found asecret message

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...Keep playing

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...One more

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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

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Inventory

Continue exploring the house

Inventory open...

Nevermore

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

It's the ghost of Poe!Quick! Find him before he finds you!

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

Fightened

Suspicious

Calm

"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?

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Influencial

Friendly

Unreliable

A first person perspective has more of a chance of being

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Whose perspective cannot be trusted to be true.

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

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

An unreliable narrator is a speaker is someone

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

A briefcase has appeared...

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

Congratulations

Back

Exit

You will lose all progress made so far...

Are you sure you want to exit?

Oh, no. You failed...

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