With a partner, pick the best piece of textual evidence you found for three of the five senses. You want to make sure the evidence creates a strong picture in the mind of readers. Please include in-text citations with your textual evidence.
SMELL "The peculiar smell of decayed fungus arose to my nostrils" (Poe 234). SOUND "The sound of the inquisitorial voices seemed merged in one dreamy intermediate hum" (Poe 230). TOUCH "I felt every fiber in my frame thrill as if I had touched the wire of a galvanic battery" (Poe 231).
Smell: "The peculiar smell of decayed fungus arose to my nostrils." (Poe 234) Touch: "My outstretched hands at length encountered some solid obstruction. It was a wall, seemingly of stone masonry-very smooth, slimy, and cold." (Poe 233) Sight: "I saw the lips of the black-robed judges. They appeared to me white. Whiter than the sheet upon which I trace these words." (Poe 230) Austin Olson, Matthew Louis
Rhiana and Nick: Taste: "The thirst it appeared to be the design of my persecutors to simulate, for the good in the dish was pungently seasoned" (Poe 236). Smell: "The odor of the sharp steel forced itself into my nostrils" (Poe 237). Touch: "It was a wall, seemingly of stone masonry - very smooth, slimy, and cold" (Poe 233).
Maddie and Kayla Sound: "There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders! (Poe 241)
Taste: "This thirst it appeared to be the design of my persecutors to stimulate, for the food in the dish was meat pungently seasoned" (Poe 236).
Touch: "...I felt every fiber in my frame thrill as if I had touched the wire of a galvanic battery..." (Poe 231).
Taste: "...the food in the dis was meat pungently seasoned" (Poe 236). Smell: "...the peculiar smell of decayed fungus arose to my nostrils" (Poe 234). Touch: "...a sharp sense of pain shot through every nerve" (Poe 240). -Tessah, Dakota, Claire
Touch-"I felt every fiber in my frame thrill as if I had touched the wire of a galvanic battery" (Poe,234). Smell- "The peculiar smell of decayed fungus arose to my nostrils" (Poe,234). Sound- "There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast blast of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders" (Poe,241). Avery and Olivia M.
Shayna And Jacob Touch: "I reached out my hand, and it fell heavily upon something damp and hard" (Poe 232.) Sight: "A faint gleam of light flashed suddenly through the gloom" (Poe 234). Sound: "There came a sound resembling the quick opening, and as a rapid closing of a door overhead"(Poe 234.)
Paul Hallie Smell "... with its acrid breath. The odor of the sharp steel forced itself into my nostrils" (Poe 237). Touch "There came a most deadly nausea over my spirit, and I felt every fiber in my frame thrill as if I had touched the wire of a galvanic battery" (Poe 231). Sight "The blackness of eternal night encompassed me" (Poe 232).
Smell: "...the particular smell of decayed fungus arose to my nostrils" (Poe 234). Touch: "It was a wall, seemingly of stone masonry--very smooth, slimy, and cold" (Poe 233). Sight: "And then my vision fell upon 7 tall candles" (Poe 231).
Sound: "Inquisitorial voices seemed merged into one dreamy indeterminate hum."(Poe 230). Sight: " I saw, too, for a moment of delirious horror, the soft and nearly imperceptible waving of the sable draperies which enwrapped the walls of the apartment."(Poe 231). Touch:I felt every fiber in my frame thrill as if I had touched the wire of a galvanic battery," (Poe 231). -Emily Schlecht
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ReplyDeleteSMELL "The peculiar smell of decayed fungus arose to my nostrils" (Poe 234).
ReplyDeleteSOUND "The sound of the inquisitorial voices seemed merged in one dreamy intermediate hum" (Poe 230).
TOUCH "I felt every fiber in my frame thrill as if I had touched the wire of a galvanic battery" (Poe 231).
Smell: "The peculiar smell of decayed fungus arose to my nostrils." (Poe 234)
ReplyDeleteTouch: "My outstretched hands at length encountered some solid obstruction. It was a wall, seemingly of stone masonry-very smooth, slimy, and cold." (Poe 233)
Sight: "I saw the lips of the black-robed judges. They appeared to me white. Whiter than the sheet upon which I trace these words." (Poe 230)
Austin Olson, Matthew Louis
Rhiana and Nick:
ReplyDeleteTaste: "The thirst it appeared to be the design of my persecutors to simulate, for the good in the dish was pungently seasoned" (Poe 236).
Smell: "The odor of the sharp steel forced itself into my nostrils" (Poe 237).
Touch: "It was a wall, seemingly of stone masonry - very smooth, slimy, and cold" (Poe 233).
Maddie and Kayla
ReplyDeleteSound: "There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders! (Poe 241)
Taste: "This thirst it appeared to be the design of my persecutors to stimulate, for the food in the dish was meat pungently seasoned" (Poe 236).
Touch: "...I felt every fiber in my frame thrill as if I had touched the wire of a galvanic battery..." (Poe 231).
Taste: "...the food in the dis was meat pungently seasoned" (Poe 236).
ReplyDeleteSmell: "...the peculiar smell of decayed fungus arose to my nostrils" (Poe 234).
Touch: "...a sharp sense of pain shot through every nerve" (Poe 240).
-Tessah, Dakota, Claire
Touch-"I felt every fiber in my frame thrill as if I had touched the wire of a galvanic battery" (Poe,234).
ReplyDeleteSmell- "The peculiar smell of decayed fungus arose to my nostrils" (Poe,234).
Sound- "There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast blast of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders" (Poe,241).
Avery and Olivia M.
Shayna And Jacob
ReplyDeleteTouch: "I reached out my hand, and it fell heavily upon something damp and hard" (Poe 232.)
Sight: "A faint gleam of light flashed suddenly through the gloom" (Poe 234).
Sound: "There came a sound resembling the quick opening, and as a rapid closing of a door overhead"(Poe 234.)
Paul Hallie
ReplyDeleteSmell "... with its acrid breath. The odor of the sharp steel forced itself into my nostrils" (Poe 237).
Touch "There came a most deadly nausea over my spirit, and I felt every fiber in my frame thrill as if I had touched the wire of a galvanic battery" (Poe 231).
Sight "The blackness of eternal night encompassed me" (Poe 232).
Jordyn and Jared
ReplyDeleteSmell: "...the particular smell of decayed fungus arose to my nostrils" (Poe 234).
Touch: "It was a wall, seemingly of stone masonry--very smooth, slimy, and cold" (Poe 233).
Sight: "And then my vision fell upon 7 tall candles" (Poe 231).
Sound: "Inquisitorial voices seemed merged into one dreamy indeterminate hum."(Poe 230).
ReplyDeleteSight: " I saw, too, for a moment of delirious horror, the soft and nearly imperceptible waving of the sable draperies which enwrapped the walls of the apartment."(Poe 231).
Touch:I felt every fiber in my frame thrill as if I had touched the wire of a galvanic battery," (Poe 231).
-Emily Schlecht