WebQuest.

1. Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He passed away at age 41 on October 7, 1849.
http://poestories.com/biography.php

2.The death of his mother influenced Poe's writings. Also when his father abandoned him and his sister his writing was also influenced. Finally all his drinking affected him. All this grief in his childhood caused his writing to be very dark and scary.
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3. I have five theories of Poe's death. One is that he died from rabies. Another theory is that Poe died from alcohol poisoning since he drank a lot in the first place. Some think that Poe died from heart problems or maybe tuberculosis like his mother. The Baltimore Clipper said he died from congestion of the brain which means brain problems. These are just a few theories but no one is exactly sure how he died.
 http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/person/death.asp

4.  According to the Edgar Allan Poe museum Poe's home was in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
http://www.poemuseum.org/life.php

5.The Poe Society of Baltimore thinks that Poe lived in Virginia.
http://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/quinnc02.htm

6.Poe was expelled from the famous Military Academy, West Point.
http://poestories.com/biography.php

7. Poe married his cousin, Virginia Clemm, when she was only 13 years old and he was over 20 years old.
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8.  I think it's really weird that Edgar married his cousin and even odder that she wasn't even an adult yet.

9.  The Murders in the Rue Morgue is known as the first detective story .
http://poestories.com/summaries.php


10. The Tell Tale Heart was written in 1850. The Black Cat was written in 1845.
http://poestories.com/stories.php

11. The Raven was published in 1845.
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12. I think of this picture when I am reading Poe's stories.
http://poestories.com/view.php?photo=42bfc99c5f774

13. By far the Cask of Amontadillo. It was scary and suspenseful and kept me reading. It was my favorite Poe story so far and my only one.
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14. I love this dude hes awesome even though he isnt alive.
 http://poestories.com/guestbook.php

15.  first story. The Black Cat
     A man comes home drunk and kills his cat. This comes back to haunt him later and once again the killer is the narrator of the story.
The Gold Bug
     A story about two men who are looking for treasure. The treasure is the famous treasure of Captain Kidd. There are encrypted messages within the story and if you read the story you could even decode real messages!
http://poestories.com/summaries.php

16. I felt that listening to the audio version deepened my reading experience by hearing the expressions of the narrators voice.

17. The Poe Toaster is a man who came to Poe's grave every year and put an empty bottle of Cognac and three roses down as a " Toast".
http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/library/news/toaster.asp

 18. One example of Poe in my life are the Baltimore Ravens named after his poem. Another example is Poe was number 4 on most searched terms in 1999. A third example is that a award for mystery writers is called an Edgar. Another example is that 81 films have been based on Poe's works. Finally a novel called the strange city is a book about the Poe toaster.
http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/library/news/yourlife.asp