Tell Tale Heart

Which detail should be included in a summary of the story?

• The narrator murders the old man.
• The Old Man was snoring when the narrator crept in to his room.
• The officers chatted about familiar things.
• The narrator is male.

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which line foreshadows the Old Man's fate?

• The narrator says the eye is pale blue with a film over it.
• The narrator claims not to have touched the Old Man's gold.
• The narrator says that the Old Man comforting himself was, "All in vain."
• The narrator says that he can hear the Old Man's heart.

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.K.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following best describes the narrator?

• He is an old man with a sickly eye.
• He is a kind man who keeps ravens as pets.
• A madman obsessed with another man's sickly eye
• He is a lonely man without any friends.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why is it important that the officers stay so long in the house?

• to show how friendly they are.
• to characterize the them as bad at their jobs.
• to provide enough time for the Old Man's body to decompose.
• to provide enough time for the narrator to become upset and confess.

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.K.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

How does the narrator kill the Old Man?

• He smothers him.
• He stabs him.
• He shoots him.
• He drowns him.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What causes the neighbor to alert the police?

• The neighbor heard a loud "thump."
• The neighbor heard a dog barking.
• The neighbor heard a shriek in the night.
• The Old Man had been missing for a week.

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

What does the narrator really hear at the end of the story?

• A watch ticking
• His own heartbeat
• The old man's heartbeat
• The police laughing at him.

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.K.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is the mood of a story?

• It is the way in which an author says something.
• It is the atmosphere or feeling of the story.
• It is the emotional state of the main character.
• It is the emotional state of the author.

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following DOES NOT create mood in a story?

• word choice
• imagery
• setting
• character choice

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What type of irony is heavily used in this story?

• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• verbal irony
• no irony was used

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.5