1) Who was Edgar Allen Poe? Create a list of 10 facts about his life

2) What kinds of stories did he write? What features did they often include?

3) Research 3 of his most famous stories and write a short summary of each of them

1) Edgar Ellen poe was an American writer, editor and literary critic. He is best known for his poetry and short stories particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.

1. Poe called himself eddy

2. He was an athlete

3. Poe was engaged to his teenage girlfriend twice

4. Edgar Allen Poe originally Edgar Poe got his middle name at the age of 3.

5. He was apparently very attractive mostly called a 'beautiful boy'

6. A rival of Poe invented his madman reputation.

7. Poe's famous mustache didn't appear until four years before his death.

8. Poe was not an opium addict.

9. His teenage crush on his friend's mother led to one of his greatest love poems.

10. No one knows how Edgar Allan Poe died.

2) His works were known for Gothic writing style, a virtuoso of suspense and horror.

3) The murders in the rue morgue, the pit and the pendulum, The masque of the red death.