How does the narrator feel at the opening of the story?

• Hungry
• Nervous
• Tired
• Constipated

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the narrator's senses was acute in the beginning of the story?

• Hearing
• Sight
• Smell
• Taste

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is told mainly in the _______ tense, from a _______ point of view.

• Past; first

• past; third-person

• present; first-person

• present; third-person

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

The author creates suspense by describing the sound of the man's heartbeat as the sound of a

• watch's ticking

• cricket's chirping

• mouse's footsteps

• lantern's creaking

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.K.4

In this story, the word "mad" means..

• Angry
• Frustrated
• Insane
• Normal

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TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

TEKS.ELA.E1.2B

TEKS.ELA.E4.2B

TEKS.ELA.RI.1A

What is the mood of the story? (Mood is the way the story is intended to make you feel.)

• Upbeat and happy
• Dark and foreboding
• Inspirational
• Silly

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.9F

TEKS.ELA.E1.8F

TEKS.ELA.E2.8F

TEKS.ELA.E3.8F

TEKS.ELA.OI.3A

What is a possible theme of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

• From love comes sacrifice 
• Guilt can drive you mad.
• With murder comes joy.
• With creepy neighbors comes murder.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What words help us know what the narrator is feeling?
No doubt I grew very pale; - but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice.

• no doubt
• I talked
• talked fluently & heightened voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What types of pronouns help us to know a story is written in first person?

• he, she, it
• they, you
• his, hers, theirs
• I, me, we

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does unreliable mean?

• trustworthy
• able to count on them
• not trustworthy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6