Task 1


In this task go to the following link and watch the video "A refresher on Edgar Allan Poe" 



Then, within the link go to the part that says "Think" answer the questions related to the video. Also, choose 10 key words from the video write to which part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, etc.) they are refering to and write 10 sentences or a short paragraph using the words you chose. 

Send by email the screenshots of the answers from the part that is called "Think", then post the words, the sentences or the paragrah as a comment. 




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  1. 1) Word: Horror, Part of speech: noun. Sentence: Stephen King is a renown horror writer of our time.

    2) Word: Suspense, Part of speech: noun. Sentence: This cool movie belongs to the suspense genre.

    3) Word: Detective, Part of speech: noun. Sentence: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective from the writer Arthur Conan Doyle.

    4) Word: Fiction, Part of speech: noun. Sentence: I love to read science fiction books, several clever ideas on them.

    5) Word: Foster, Part of speech: verb. Sentence: My neighbor took a foster child from the orphan last week.

    6) Word: Poetry, Part of speech: noun. Sentence: The poetry is a way of writing that I dislike.

    7) Word: Gambled, Part of speech: verb. Sentence: My uncle used to gamble every weekend until he realize how it was ruining his life.

    8) Word: Tuberculosis, Part of speech: noun. Sentence: Tuberculosis is a nasty disease that I want to avoid.

    9) Word: Critic, Part of speech: noun. Sentence: I have always thought that a film critic is a fairly easy job.

    10) Word: Tomahawk, Part of speech: noun. Sentence: I'd like to have a tomahawk at home!

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  2. 1. Passed away (verb) My great-grandmother passed away five years ago.

    2. Wrote (verb) The last semester I wrote an essay about communism.

    3. West Point (noun) West Point is a military school in USA.

    4. Open (adjective) My aunt's wedding was an open ceremony.

    5. Magazines (noun) I love fashion magazines.

    6. Creepy (adjective) Rosa enjoy reading creepy stories.

    7. Strange (adjective) Everyone thought he was a strange person.

    8. Vampire (noun) I would like to become a vampire.

    9. Love (verb) We love his writings.

    10. The Raven (noun) When I was in high school I read ”The Raven”.

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  3. 1. Master: Noun. He was a master of suspense.
    2. Abandoned: Verb. That city looks abandoned.
    3. Constantly: Adverb. She uses that word constantly.
    4. Enrolled: Verb. His sister enrolled the army without telling anyone.
    5. Secretly:Adverb. They went to the beach secretly.
    6. Lived: Verb. They have lived a tragedy.
    7. Occupation:Noun. His occupation is teaching.
    8. Short stories:Noun. Paola likes to read short stories.
    9. Invented:Verb.He invented radio.
    10. Published:adjective. The article was published last week.

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  4. 1. Mystery, noun, the died of Allan Poe is a mystery
    2. Macabre, adjective,the story is about a macabre died of person
    3. Fiction, noun, the story is a completly fiction
    4. Ceremony, noun, he married and had a big ceremony
    5. Magazine, noun, his story is released in a good magazine
    6. Reputation, noun,your reputation is not a good examplo to life
    7. Strange, adjective, her strange die is a mistery
    8. Murder, noun, in the tonw have been five murder
    9. Disappear, verb, in the house disappear two people
    10. Drama, noun, the story have a great drama

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  5. 1. Suspense, noun. I hate the suspense because it scares me
    2. Creepy, adjective. It must be really creepy to work in a morgue.
    3. Drugs, noun. Oscar has a problem with drug abuse.
    4. Critic, noun. Mario is a very famous film critic in Costa Rica
    5. Magazine, noun. Ronny read a magazine while he waited for the bus.
    6. Newspaper, noun. Some newspapers distorted the news.
    7. Ceremony, noun. Quite a few people were invited to the ceremony.
    8. Enrolled, verb. Hitler was enrolled the army because he loved war
    9. Mystery, noun. I like reading mystery novels.
    10. Opium, noun. Opium was a commonly used drug in the past

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  6. 1. Horror. Adjective. My sister loves horror movies.
    2. Detective. Noun. I have a friend that would like to become a private detective.
    3. Pass away. Verb. My grandfather passed away four years ago.
    4. Poetry. Noun. Poetry is a charming way to express our feelings.
    5. Settle down. My aunt doesn't stop traveling, she just doesn't want to settle down.
    6. Writer. Noun. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer.
    7. Harsh. Adjective. He has really harsh manners, I don't even want to talk to him
    8. Opium. Noun. Opium was a very serius problem in China back in the 17th century.
    9. Strange. Adjective. That boy often has very strange ideas.
    10. Bizarre. Adjective. Sometimes my cousin wears very bizarre clothes.

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  7. 1. Master (noun): Vivaldi is considered a master of classical music.
    2. Mistery (noun): The dead of Edgar Allan Poe is a mistery.
    3. Detective (noun): The OIJ´s detectives are highly trained.
    4. Opium (noun): The opium war claimed many lives in China.
    5. Drugs (noun): Some drugs, such as LSD, can kill you in a overdose.
    6. Creepy (adjective): Most of martyrs were killed in a creepy way.
    7. Strange (adjective): Children have some strange ideas.
    8. Fiction (noun): Science fiction books are often best.
    9. Murder (verb): Someone tried to murder my neighbour.
    10. Circumstances (noun): Under strange circumstances, they got married.

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  8. The POETRY (n) is a way to express human feelings. My hometown has REPUTATION (n) of being the home of many writers. Some has PASSED AWAY (v), but we still remember them as our ICONs(n). We have had a couple of BREAK TROUGH (adj) poets who belong to my town, and nowadays we have a special MAGAZINE(n) for writers, so we can enjoy they're MURDER(v), DETECTIVES(n) and RAVENS(n) stories.

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  9. 1-Detective (noun): Detectives are really clever at solving puzzles.
    2-Wrote (verb): The detective notice what victim wrote in the floor.
    3-Master (noun): The master of puzzle they called him.
    4-Ceremony (noun): The detective decided to assist at the funeral ceremony.
    5-Drugs (noun): Victim was a drugs dealer.
    6-Strange (adjective): It was strange to have a very organized murder.
    7-Murder (verb): Who murders in that way just a drugs dealer?.
    8-Enrolled (verb): The detective knew in that moment he was enrolled in other business.
    9-Reputation (noun): Some serial killer was winning reputation of eliminate some big fishes of the drug world.
    10-Mystery (noun): The real mystery was why he killed someone like him.

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  10. 1) Foster child (noun): I heard some stories from children who are foster children.
    2) Abandon (verb): The citizens of Pripyat were forced to abandon their homes because of the Chernobyl desaster.
    3) Enroll (verb): He enrolled at the University.
    4) Gamble (verb): She gamble all her money and lost the house.
    5) Settle in (phrasal verb): Tomorrow we can apply to settle in the UK at the embassy.
    6) Harsh (adjective): The newspaper launches a harsh criticism over Donald Trump commentaries.
    7)Creepy (adjective): Last night we saw a creepy movie.
    8)Delirium (noun): He lived his last days over the delirium.
    9)Break through (phrasal verb): She had to break through the people to get out of the place and find the exit.
    10)Bizarre (adjective): That book has a really bizarre story.

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  11. 1. Suspense – noun: She kept me in suspense all night long.
    2. Full-time – adjective: My sister has a full-time job.
    3. Secretly – adjective: Luis was secretly looking for the hidden money.
    4. Occupation – noun: Someday, he will find the occupation that he really likes.
    5. Reputation – noun: Watch out what you say, it can cost your reputation.
    6. Assumed – verb: He just assumed that what I told him was the only truth.
    7. Invented – verb: Piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori.
    8. Enormous – adjective: Marie made an enormous cake for Juan´s birthday,
    9. Killed – verb: People killed him with harmful words.
    10. Loves – verb: She loves to play with her little puppy.

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  12. Master: Ash wants to become in a pokemon master
    Boston (noun): My friend lives in Boston
    Passed away (verb): My grandfather passed away when I was 2 years old.
    Abandoned (verb): Some irresponsible people leave on the street abandoned puppies.
    Constantly (adjective): I have to go to the TEC constantly.
    Poetry (noun): I don't enjoy writing poetry.
    Cousin (noun): My cousin works at Coca Cola Company.
    Stories (noun): Children like funny stories.
    Creepy (adjective): I saw a movie really creepy.
    Became (verb): I'm going to become an environmental engineer.

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  13. 1.Collection (noun): I just have bought the last collection of the magazines.
    2. Creepy (Adjective): People think I am mad only because I always tell creepy stories.
    3. Detective (Noun): I think she is cheating on my, I am thinking even in hiring a detective.
    4. Fiction (Adjective): I have troubles with my girlfriend because she hates fiction movies.
    5. Murders (Noun): There have been many murders in my city because of drug business.
    6. Deserves (Verb): If Frankling Chang makes a succesful Hydrogen motor, he will deserve a Nobel Price.
    7. Raven (Noun): I went out running last morning and then a raven suddenly attacked me.
    8. Enormous (Adjective): I have an enormous feeling that it is going to be a great trip.
    9. Mysterious (Adjective): His dead is only explained by many mysterious ways.
    10. Disappeared (Adejective): The plane was supposed to be in Japan by now but it seems to be disappeared.

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  15. 1. Passed away (verb) His dog passed away.
    2. left (verb) Her bus left at 11pm.
    3. Mystery (adjective) She read's mystery books.
    4. School (noun) I was in the school for six years.
    5. Writing (verb) He love's writing all day.
    6. Raven (noun) The Raven brought a little fame to Poe.
    7. Unknow (adjective) They grades are unknow.
    8. Creepy (adjective) Kill animals it is so creepy.
    9. Drugs (noun) Nowdays there are a lot of drugs types.
    10. Murder (noun) His muerder was very awful.

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  19. 1.Suspense(noun). Suspense is part of horror stories.
    2.Abandoned(verb). His father abandoned him very early.
    3.Tuberculosis(noun). The cure for tuberculosis was not discovered before 1800.
    4.Magazine(noun). TEC´s magazine is released every three months.
    5.Grotesc(noun). Grotesque is a word included in one of the books wrote by Edgar Allan Poe.
    6.Creepy(adjective). Sometimes you can see creepy murders on the news.
    7.Detective(noun). A detective is a person who investigate situations or persons.
    8.Breakthrough(noun). Edgar Allan Poe´s breakthrough was "The Raven", which was a Best Seller.
    9.Mysterious(adjective). Poe´s writting are so mysterious.
    10.Legacy(noun). I can not decide what could be my legacy for my family.

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  20. 1. Magazines [Noun] My brother loves sports magazines.
    2. Tuberculosis [Noun] Sanatorium Carlos Duran was founded in 1918 for people sick with tuberculosis.
    3. School [Noun] I studied in Jesus Jimenez School for 6 years.
    4. Fiction [Adjective] I love fiction movies.
    5. Passed away [Verb] My grandfather's friend passed away two weeks ago.
    6. Ceremony [Noun] The ceremony of her wedding was amazing.
    7. Mysterious [adjective] Lost is a mysterious tv show.
    8. Abandoned [Verb] He abandoned his studies for personal decisions.
    9. Invented [Verb] I invented a cookies recipe.
    10. Enormous [Adjective] That house has an enormous backyard.





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  21. 1. Fiction (noun): Many current films are based on fiction.
    2. Critic (noun): Critics are essential in film.
    3. Passed away (verb): The passing away of many dogs in Cartago was sad news.
    4. Magazines (noun): Many magazines may be purchased online.
    5. Master (noun): Edgar Allan Poe was a master of fiction.
    6. Secretly (adverb): Money laundering is a business secretly.
    7. Reputation (noun): Politicians have a bad reputation.
    8. Drama (noun): Drama is a high point in the movies.
    9. Drugs (noun): Famous athletes have used drugs.
    10. Writer (noun): Quality writers have decreased in the world.

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  22. 1. Creepy-adj. Some things in the internet are very creepy.
    2. Drugs-noun. Most of the problems in ower country are linked with drugs.
    3. Murder-noun. I Do not like the news, because has a lot of murders.
    4. Mysterious-adj. The Sanatorium here in Cartago is very mysterious.
    5. Unknow-adj. There is a lot of information the human does unknow.
    6. Raven-noun. There is a character in Naruto who use Ravens for vanish.
    7.Collection-noun. When I was a child I had a collection of Bionicles.
    8.Legacy-noun. Some people said when you die yo have to let a legacy for the other generations.
    9. Writer-noun. More young people wants to be a writer.
    10.Kill-verb. Kinping Kill his father at young age.

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