Core 3 Masque of the Red Death Vocab

1. Dominion

Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: sovereignty, control
In the story: "When his dominions were half depopulated…"

2. Dauntless

Adjective

 Showing fearlessness and determination
But the Prince of Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious.

3. Buffoon

noun

A ridiculous but amusing person,a clown

They were buffoons…..

4. Pestilence

Noun

A fatal epidemic disease,especially bubonic plague...

And while the pestilence raged most furiously abroad.

5. Countenance  

Noun

a persons face or facial expression

the mask which concealed the visage was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the closest scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat. 

6. Prevailing

Adjective

existing at a particular time; current.: "the unfavorable prevailing economic conditions".

"These windows were of stained glass whose color varied in accordance with the prevailing hue of…"

7. Seclusion

Noun

The state of being private and away from other people

And with these retired too the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys.

8. Jest

noun

A thing said or done for amusement

Even with the utterly lost,to whom life and death are equally jests,there are matters of which no jest can be made.

Masque of the Red Death Lit Circles

An illustration for the story by Harry Clarke (1919)

Table #1: Vocab

• Open the Vocab List #2 in your English folder on Drive.
• For the first 5 words: find them in the text and copy the sentence they appear in (include page numbers) 
• Look up parts of speech and definitions for first 5 words
• Choose 3 more words from the text and complete the same task
• Post the complete list on the blog & title "Core # MoRD Vocab"

Table #2: Setting & Atmosphere Notes

• Read the section in front of MoRD in Little Worlds on Setting & Atmosphere
• Create our notes for these terms: give basic definitions for the following:
• Setting (General & Specific)
• Atmosphere
• Imagery

• Then, identify the setting and atmosphere of MoRD
• Post to the blog, title "Core # Setting & Atmosphere Notes"

Table #3: Illustration

• Come up with 3-4 images that capture the essence of the story.
• They must be either created by you (drawn, photographed, etc) -OR- from a free image site like unsplash.com, New Old Stock or via Creative Commons.
• Create a blog post titled "MoRD Illustration: Core #"
• Insert the photos!
• Be sure to give credit in the captions!

Table #4: Context

• Answer the following questions:
• Who was Edgar Allan Poe?  What genre of writing did he mostly work in?
• Research the theme of MoRD; what point was Poe trying to make?  What's the message?
• Post a summary of your findings on the blog titled "Core # MoRD Context"