The Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary

Why would you say that I am mad?

• crazy

• upset

• sad

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

I heard many things in the underworld.

• Heaven

• World below earth

• Under the grass

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

He had never given me insult

• hurt

• punch

• make fun of

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I turned the lock of the door, oh so gently.

• hard

• careful

• sloppy

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I might not interfere with the old man's sleep.

• upset

• interrupt

• startle

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I knew it was the sound of human terror.

• terrified

• sick

• agitated

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

It has welled up from deep within my own chest.

• scared

• proper

• intense

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

His eye was a dull blue with a horrible veil over it.

• cover

• hood

• eyelash

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The old man's terror must have been extreme!

• sad

• not frightened

• very great

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A new fear seized me.

• to grab ahold

• to shock

• to answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4