Tell-Tale Heart Day 3

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Open Ended

Answer in complete sentence. Identify a direct detail from the text that makes you feel suspense and explain why that specific line gives you the feeling of suspense. Make sure to cite the line number.

Directions - Continue reading, “The Tell-Tale Heart” and answer the questions.

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Hellish tattoo - awful

drumming

Open Ended

Reread lines 103-115 and identify ways that Poe create suspense in these lines. Why do the phrases you selected create suspense?

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Scantlings - small wooden beams supporting the floor

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Open Ended

How does the narrator try to convince readers that he is sane and reliable in lines 130-141? What effects do the narrator’s explanations have on the reader?

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actions in his dealings with the

police most demonstrate his

audacity ?

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Suavity - graceful politeness

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Audacity - shameless daring or

boldness

Discuss:Which of the narrator’s

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Vehemently - with intense emotion

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Gesticulations - energetic gestures of the
hands or arms

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Why is the description in lines 170-174 in

italic type?

Open Ended

What does the narrator think the sound is in lines 170-178? What is the likely source of the sound?

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Derision - jeering laughter or
ridicule

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Hypocritical - false or deceptive

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Dissemble - pretend

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Discuss - “The Tell-Tale

Heart” is a well known classic.

What makes the story, and

narrator, so thought

provoking?

Open Ended

Exit Ticket - Please answer using RACE.

Do you think the reader’s ability to trust the narrator increases the suspense in the story? Explain your answer.