The Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary Quiz

DISSIMULATION

• exposing one's thoughts or feelings

• hiding one's thoughts or feelings

• having no feelings

Answer explanation

"You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what caution - with what foresight - with what dissimulation I went to work!"

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

SAGACITY

• wisdom

• ignorance

• lack of knowledge

Answer explanation

"Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers - of my sagacity."

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

ACUTE

• not being aware of something

• not being able to hear

• having a sharp sense or perception

Answer explanation

"Above all was the sense of hearing acute."

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

VEX

• to calm you

• to trouble or bother you

• to help you understand

Answer explanation

"...for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye."

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

GESTICULATION

• using violence

• speaking quickly

• a gesture, used instead of speaking

Answer explanation

"I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations."

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

SCANTLING

• a piece of metal of a small section

• a piece of lumber or wood of a small section

• a piece of aluminum of a small section

Answer explanation

"I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings."

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

FANCY

• elegant

• beautiful

• a thought or mental image

Answer explanation

"You fancy me mad."

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

VEHEMENTLY

• in a lower tone

• forcefully or with strong emotions

• in a calm way

Answer explanation

"I talked more quickly - more vehemently, but the noise steadily increased."

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

FURY

• violent anger

• understanding

• Peaceful

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

ENVELOP

• a soft material of clothing

• to surround something completely

• a flat paper with a sealable flap, used to enclose a letter

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4