The Tell-Tale Heart

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

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Suspense is a sense of growing tension, fear, or excitement. Authors often use suspense in a story by describing a character's anxiety or by using vivid language to build up to dramatic events.

The author creates suspense by

• revealing the ways in which the narrator is kind to the old man.
• explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murde
• saying that the narrator loved the old man.
• describing what the narrator did before the murder.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

This story is told in 

• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person objective
• 3rd person limited
• 1st person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is it about the old man that bothers the narrator?

• His personality
• His face
• His home
• His eye

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.6

The author builds suspense by--

• not revealing what the crime will be

• having the narrator watch the sleeping victim for seven nights in a row.

• having the narrator explain how clever he is

• describing what is done with the victim's body

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It is difficult to believe the narrator when he says that he

• opened the creaky lantern carefully

• heard the old man groan in the dark

• treated the old man well before killing him

• moved slowly to keep from waking the old man

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which detail should be included in a summary of the story?

• The narrator murders the old man.

• The old man was sleeping when the narrator crept in to his room.

• The officers chatted about familiar things.

• The narrator is kind to the man

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Why is it important that the officers stay so long in the house?

• to show the reader how friendly they are.

• to allow the reader to characterize them as lazy.

• to provide enough time for the old man's body to decompose.

• to provide enough time for the narrator to become upset and confess.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What event causes the narrator to confess at the end of the story?

• The constant sound of watch ticking waiting for the police to leave

• The sound of his heartbeat that he believes is the dead man's

• The policemen laugh and mock the narrator in his home

• The neighbors heard a shriek late at night

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The author most likely used the following expression to--- ?

“One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture –.”

• Convey the importance of the heartbeat sound.

• To compare the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.

• Personifies the eye so that it becomes a human character.

• Exaggerates the ugliness of the eye to influence the reader.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10