Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary

Acute

• stopped

• How the reader feels about the text while reading.

• sensitive; sharp

• clarity, awareness of detail

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Ceased

• stopped

• The qualities that make up a character's personality

• sensitive; sharp

• How the reader feels about the text while reading

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Distinctiveness

• stopped

• Contemptuous ridicule or mockery

• sensitive; sharp

• clarity, awareness of detail

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Derision

• stopped

• Contemptuous ridicule or mockery

• sensitive; sharp

• clarity, awareness of detail

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Mood

• Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

• a speaker or character who tells a story

• give a brief statement of the main points of (something)

• How the reader feels about the text while reading

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Tone

• Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

• The qualities that make up a character's personality

• the perspective from which a story is told

• a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Point of View

• give a brief statement of the main points of (something)

• How the reader feels about the text while reading

• the perspective from which a story is told

• The qualities that make up a character's personality

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Summarize

• How the reader feels about the text while reading

• give a brief statement of the main points of (something)

• The qualities that make up a character's personality

• the perspective from which a story is told

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Character Traits

• the perspective from which a story is told

• Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

• The qualities that make up a character's personality

• a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Narrator

• give a brief statement of the main points of (something).

• a speaker or character who tells a story

• The qualities that make up a character's personality

• Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6