Vocabulary Development Below is a list of words and definitions from the texts. As you come across, new words, look them up and add them to this list. insensible not fully conscious or aware. adj.: imposing and impressive looking. adj.: stupor dull, half-conscious state. n.: spectral ghostly; unreal. adj.: expired died. v.: maligned used as falsely accused of bad conduct; slandered. v. adj.: angry and aggressive or ready to start a fight. belligerent adj.: obvious; noticeable; notable. conspicuous adj.: ascribe assign or attribute something to a cause. v.: chronic frequently occurring. adj.: transmitted passed on. v.: READING 1 This biography traces the last few days of Poe’s life, in 1849. He had just parted from Elmira Shelton, to whom he was recently engaged. Shelton lived in Richmond, Virginia, and Poe set out from there for Baltimore, Maryland, eventually planning to go to New York City. He never reached it. Final Days” “Poe’s from A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance” “Edgar Kenneth Silverman In the early morning of September 27, a Thursday, Poe began the first leg of his return to the North, setting out from Richmond for Baltimore on the 4 A.M. steamer,1 with a trunk containing some clothing, books, and manuscripts. No reliable evidence exists about what happened to or within Poe between that time and October 3, a week later, when a printer named Joseph Walker saw him at Gunner’s Hall, a Baltimore tavern, strangely dressed and semiconscious. It was Election Day for members of Congress, and like local watering holes2 the tavern served as a polling place. Poe seemed to Walker the worse for wear” and great “rather “in distress.” Apparently flooded with drink, he may also have been ill from exposure. Winds and soaking rains the day before had sent Baltimoreans prematurely hunting up overcoats and seeking charcoal fires for warmth…. Poe managed to tell Walker that he knew Joseph Evans Snodgrass, the Baltimore editor and physician with whom he had often corresponded while
Vocabulary Development Below is a list of words and definitions from the texts. As you come across, new words, look them up and add them to this list. insensible adj.: not fully conscious or aware. imposing adj.: and impressive looking. stupor n.: dull, half-conscious state. spectral adj.: ghostly; unreal. expired v.: died. maligned v. used as adj.: falsely accused of bad conduct; slandered. belligerent adj.: angry and aggressive or ready to start a fight. conspicuous adj.: obvious; noticeable; notable. ascribe v.: assign or attribute something to a cause. chronic adj.: frequently occurring. transmitted v.: passed on. READING 1 This biography traces the last few days of Poe’s life, in 1849. He had just parted from Elmira Shelton, to whom he was recently engaged. Shelton lived in Richmond, Virginia, and Poe set out from there for Baltimore, Maryland, eventually planning to go to New York City. He never reached it. “Poe’s Final Days” from “Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance” Kenneth Silverman In the early morning of September 27, a Thursday, Poe began the first leg of his return to the North, setting out from Richmond for Baltimore on the 4 A.M. steamer,1 with a trunk containing some clothing, books, and manuscripts. No reliable evidence exists about what happened to or within Poe between that time and October 3, a week later, when a printer named Joseph Walker saw him at Gunner’s Hall, a Baltimore tavern, strangely dressed and semiconscious. It was Election Day for members of Congress, and like local watering holes2 the tavern served as a polling place. Poe seemed to Walker “rather the worse for wear” and “in great distress.” Apparently flooded with drink, he may also have been ill from exposure. Winds and soaking rains the day before had sent Baltimoreans prematurely hunting up overcoats and seeking charcoal fires for warmth…. Poe managed to tell Walker that he knew Joseph Evans Snodgrass, the Baltimore editor and physician with whom he had often corresponded while
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