The Tell-Tale Heart

Who wrote The Tell-Tale Heart?

• Stephen King

• William Shakespeare

• James Patterson

• Edgar Allan Poe

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What does the narrator say that his "disease" has done to him?

• Cause him to lie

• Sharpened his senses

• Turned him into a murderer

• Made him nervous

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The narrator waits a week before killing the old man because the narrator...

• Feels guilty about taking another life

• Waits for the darkest night of the week

• Likes to scare the old man

• Waits to see the old man's eye first

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You can evaluate the narrator's state of mind as UNRELIABLE when he...

• describes the crime

• says he is sane, then describes how cleverly he hid the body

• confesses at the end of the story

• explains that he did not kill the old man for money

The author creates suspense by...

• explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murder

• revealing the ways the narrator is kind to the old man

• describing what the narrator did before the murder

• saying that the narrator loved the old man

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What about the old man does the narrator hate?

• His dog

• His eye

• His job

• His voice

Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?

• The police accuse him of murder

• He thinks the police are making fun of him

• The police find the old man's body

• He thinks the police are trying to kill him

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How do the police find out the narrator killed the old man?

• Someone saw him kill the old man

• The police searched the house and found the body

• They found evidence in the house

• He told them, "I admit the deed!"

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS is a ...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

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Giving human characteristics to non-human objects is...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

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