"The Black Cat" Pre-Reading

"The Black Cat"

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Pre-Reading

1. Discuss four key phrases from the text so that you understand them when we get to them in the text2. Vocabulary Words3. Homework

Today's Goals:

"Our friendship lasted, in this manner, for several years, during which my general temperament and character-through the instrumentality of the Fiend Intemperance-had (I blush to confess it) experienced a radical alteration for the worse.fiend: demon or evilintemperance: lack of moderation

"Fiend Intemporance"

"graven in bas relief"

*graven: engraved on a surface*bas relief: a form of art where images are slightly protruding from a smooth surface

*"spirit of" means qualities that make up who you are as a person*"perverseness" comes from the word "perverse"*perverse=wicked; turned away from what is rightSpirit of perverseness means that one of the qualities you have is that you do evil or wrong doings for the sack of doing them

"Spirit of Perverseness"

Chimera

"...I am almost ashamed to admit – that the terror and horror with which the animal inspired me, had been heightened by one of the merest chimeras it would be possible to conceive."*mythical creatures with parts taken from different animals

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Vocab Words

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