Tell-Tale Heart and Vocab

"It was like the eye of a vulture" is an example about

• personification of a vulture

• a simile that describes the Old Man’s eye as vulture-like.

• a metaphor comparing a vulture’s eye to the Villain’s eye.

• foreshadowing that the Old Man will be awake when the Villain returns.

Which of the following best describes the narrator?

• a kind man who keeps ravens as pets

• a madman obsessed with another man’s sickly eye

• a lonely man without any friends

• an old man with a sickly eye

Why is it important that the Officer, Sergeant, and Constable stay so long in the house?

• to provide enough time for the ravens to explain the men’s actions

• to provide enough time for the Villain to become upset and confess

• to show how friendly they are

• to characterize the three men as bad at their jobs

Which word means to it leave your mouth open wide in surprise, wonder, or shock

• Blather

• Dissemble

• Agape

• Vex

Which word means to talk on and on in a foolish way.

• Blather

• Dissemble

• Agape

• Vex

Which word means to conceal your true motives or thoughts— to hide what you really mean or what you really intend to do.

• Skulk

• Dissemble

• Stifle

• Vex

Which word means sharp, intense, and focused

• Skulk

• Dissemble

• Stifle

• Keen

Which word means "certain to die” or “causing death" or "something that is intense or severe"

• Mortal

• Vex

• Stifle

• Keen

Which word means to prowl or sneak around.

• Mortal

• Skulk

• Stifle

• Keen

Which word means to stop it, cut it off, or hold it back

• Agape

• Blather

• Stifle

• Keen