Vocabulary Key Terms

The Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary Review

Acute

Hearken

Dissimulation

Vexed

Sagacity

Stealthily

Seized

Scantlings

Suavity

Reposed

VOCABULARY KEY TERMS

Vehemently

Gesticulations

Derision

Dissemble

Unreliable Narrator

The Innocent

The Deluded

The Insane

The Tall Teller

The Outsider

The Liar

Point of View

First Person Point of View

Third Person Point of View

Third Person Objective

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Multiple Choice

Which key term means razor-sharp?

• Hearken

• Acute

• Dissimulation

• Vexed

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WHO AM I? Can you figure it out?

I might be a criminal or some other nefarious character. Who knows?! I willfully lie to the reader to paint myself in a better light.

Who am I?

Multiple Choice

Which key term means annoyed, frustrated or worried?

• Acute

• Sagacity

• Vexed

• Derision

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WHO AM I? Can you figure it out?

I am naïve to the facts of the world. They say I am unreliable because I am either a child or have the mind of a child.

Who am I?

Multiple Choice

Which key term means

listen?

• Hearken

• Omniscient

• Derision

• Suavity

Multiple Choice

This type of narrator is one whose credibility is compromised. They tend to withhold information or mislead the reader.

• First POV

• Reliable Narrator

• Evil storyteller

• Unreliable Narrator

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WHO AM I? Can you figure it out?

My main concern is telling a good story and will exaggerate events for dramatic effect.

Who am I?

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Which key term means "to take hold of"?

Multiple Choice

Define Dissemble

• Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character

• To conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs

• In a cautious, careful manner

• The qualities of charm and sophistication

Multiple Choice

Define Sagacity

• The qualities of charm and sophistication

• The qualities of wisdom and intelligence

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Which key term means to make dramatic gestures used to emphasize one's words?

Multiple Choice

This point of view is used when the author is

telling the story but is not in the story.

• First Person POV

• Third Person POV

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Which key term means "In a cautious, careful manner"?

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WHO AM I? Can you figure it out?

I know that this is the truth. I saw it. It is true. I am not lying. This is the reality in my mind that I have created.

Who am I?

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct

Point of View

Cinderella was very lonely living with her evil stepmother

and stepsisters. She missed her mother and father so very much.

Her stepmother made her do all of the chores because she was

so jealous of Cinderella’s beauty and thought that her own

daughters could never compete with Cinderella. Her stepsisters

as well were envious of Cinderella’s charm.

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct

Point of View

Cinderella/She couldn’t believe her stepmother was

making her do all of these chores! Oh, how Cinderella/she

missed her mother and father. Her only wish was for someone to

save her from this miserable life!

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

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WHO AM I? Can you figure it out?

People say that I'm "The Deluded's" evil twin. I'm usually bad/evil.

Who am I?

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