What are 5 things that Poe does in his story that you, a good follower of the genre, would copy?  How would you use them?

Want a challenge?  After you've done your five things- what are 2 things you would do differently?


   Poe uses many strategies in his novel "The House Of Usher" to create a setting that will capture that readers attention. He uses symbolism, a strong use of tone, imagery, allegory, and allusion. The House of Usher is a very nice novel to read because it will teach the reader rhetorical way of use and also entertain the reader and leave one hanging.

  Poe uses symbolism in this story. The house symbolizes the terror and mystery inside of it. Poe use of words to describe the house is very descriptive and interesting. Also as we all know, this awesome writer use of imagery makes me want to sit down and write an essay with only imagery. (only if I could I would) Describing the actions of the narrator and Usher makes one want to be there on the scene and see everything live.

   Mr. Poe use of allusion is also important to us. The type of cultural references, the music (because I watched some clips), the literature, and religion indicate what kind of man he is and help portray how he feels.

   Edgar Allan Poe is a great writer there is really nothing I would do differently because in reality I would do and use everything he does so my writings would be better. But if I was forced to do something differently I would most definitely stop using so many details because I get the point.