Tell Tale Heart CATS review

What is the overall theme of the passage?

• One must do what it takes to survive

• Family is the most important thing

• Poor choices may lead to regret

• Achieve personal happiness at all costs

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the major conflict the protagonist is facing?

• man versus supernatural- opposing force beyond the natural world

• man versus nature-opposing force is like a storm (hurricane, tornado, etc.) animals, even natural death

• man versus society- opposing force is a group of people

• man versus self- opposing force is an internal conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which piece of text best supports the conflict?

• "I felt that I must scream or die!" par. 27

• "The officers were satisfied." par. 23

• "A cry had been heard by a neighbor during the night;" par. 21

• "I worked quickly, but in silence." par. 18

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which tone best describes the beginning of the story?

• arrogant

• unsure

• indifferent

• irate

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which text best supports the tone of the passage?

• "It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain." par. 3

• "You think that I am mad." par.4

• "I undid the lantern just so much that a single thin ray of light fell upon the vulture eye." par.5

• "You should have seen how wisely and carefully I went to work!" par. 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which two character traits could be used to describe the protagonist?

• paranoid

• jubilant

• lackadaisical

• confident

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which two pieces of text best support the character traits?

• "You think that I am mad. Madmen know nothing." par. 4

• "I talked more quickly -- more loudly; but the noise increased" par. 25

• "...it was four o'clock in the morning. " par. 21

• "There was nothing to wash out -- no mark of any kind -- no blood whatever." par. 20

• "His eye would trouble me no more." par. 17

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3