Research, Credibility, and Formal Writing
For this assignment, you are to write a formal body paragraph in which you explain some aspect of Poe's life. You will use your research from this Webquest to inform and develop your topic sentence with major and minor details. Further details about this assignment can be found in the Writing Assignment #2 on Brightspace.
To complete this Webquest, you will need to click on the picture next to each question below. That picture will take you to a website that contains the answer to the question. You may need to explore the website a little bit in order to get to the page that will provide you with the correct information. Also, you must put the answer found on that precise website. I realize you can find the answers to some of these questions just by doing a Google search. I also know how the answers to each of these questions is phrased on the website I want you to go to for the answer. :) If you want the points for the answer, go to the website I want you to visit.
As you are completing this website, you need have 3 tabs open: 1) the answer sheet, 2) this page with the questions, and 3) wherever clicking on the picture next to each question takes you. That will make this much easier.
1. Click on each picture below to be taken to a website that will contain the answer to your question. You must use these exact sources in order to get the correct answers.
3. Answer the questions here: Poe Webquest Answer Sheet
1. When was Edgar Allan Poe born?
2. When did Edgar Allan Poe die?
3. What was the name of Poe's mother? (First, Middle, Maiden, and Last name)
4. What was the name of Poe's father?
5. In what two cities did Poe attend schools as a child?
6. What was the name of the couple that adopted little Edgar?
7. Where did his adoptive parents live?
8. What was another name for "consumption?" This disease was the cause of death of both Poe's mother and his wife.
9. What was the name of Poe's sister?
10. List 5 of Poe's poems.
11. List 5 of Poe's tales.
12. When was "The Raven" published?
� 13. When was "The Cask of Amontillado" published?
14. In what branch of the military did Poe enlist?
15. What name did Poe enlist under?
16. What was the name of Poe's wife?
17. What relation was Poe's wife to him, and how old is she?
18. List five things Poe's death has been attributed to.
19. WHEN and To WHAT hospital was Poe taken when he became so ill?
20. In 1849, what was Poe's "stated" cause of death?
21. Supposedly, what were Poe's last words?
22. What was Poe's nickname as an reviewer?
23. How much money did Poe receive for his first book of short stories Tales of the Grotesque and the Arabesque?
24. How was the grave of Edgar Allan Poe marked?
25. Who has visited Poe's grave every year since 1949? What does this man leave?