The Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary

To give attention to what is said; listen

• hearken
• sagacity
• acute
• pitch

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

ability to predict what will happen in the future

• acute
• sufficient
• foresight
• vexed

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

sharp or severe in effect; sudden

• acute
• sagacity
• vexed
• stifled

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

irritated; annoyed

• sagacity
• stifled
• vexed
• foresight

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

ability to understand situations and make good decisions

• foresight
• concealment
• sufficient
• sagacity

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

enough; adequate

• concealment
• derision
• sufficient
• vexed

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who wrote "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

• Mark Twain
• JK Rowling
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Virginia Woolf

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Marked by intellectual depth

• Profound
• Waned
• Refrained
• Derision

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a black or dark residue

• fancy
• acute
• pitch
• chamber

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a large bird of prey reputed to gather with others in anticipation of the death of a sick or injured animal or person.

• vulture
• mournful
• welled
• awe

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4