Active and Passive Voice (Unit 1: Suspense)

Front

In "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator is unreliable.

Back

active

Front

"The Tell-Tale Heart" was written by Edgar Allan Poe.

Back

passive

Front

Narrator's perspective in the story.

Back

passive

Front

Narrator's senses sharpened by disease.

Back

passive

Front

"For an hour I did not move, and the old man was still in bed—straining to hear" (62).

Back

active

Front

"I was never kinder to the old man than during the week before I killed him" (61).

Back

active

Front

"I took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings" (63).

Back

active

Front

Fury increased by the old man's beating heart.

Back

passive

Front

Vulture eye lit by a thin ray of light.

Back

passive

Front

The old man is not hated.

Back

passive