Tell-Tale Heart and Point of View

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

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

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.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?

• Sight
• Smell
• Hearing
• Taste

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What point of view is "The Tell-Tale Heart" told in?

• first person
• second person
• third person limited
• third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

What is true about the narrator?

• the narrator is not a madman

• the narrator won’t be able to kill the old man

• the narrator does not understand his own madness and insanity

• the old man is aware of the narrator’s evil plans

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

When the police knock on the door, the narrator opens the door with a light heart.  Why?

• He is having a great hair day
• He just won the lottery
• He just woke up from a great nap
• He thinks he has cleaned up all of the evidence of the murder

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?

• In the closet

• He buries it in the floorboards.

• He buries it in the yard.

• He dumps it in the river.

Who wrote this story?

• Roald Dahl

• Charles Dickens

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Emily Bronte

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

TRUE!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story.

It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees—very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.

"The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

Based on the excerpt, how reliable is the narrator?

• The narrator is reliable because he explains that he is not mad, just logically trying to solve a problem.

• The narrator is unreliable, claiming he is not mad when his actions clearly indicate that he cannot be trusted.

• The narrator is somewhat reliable because he is aware of his own instability and solves a problem with a logical solution.

• The narrator is unreliable because he has a disease, and his actions are motivated by this disease not logic.

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What quotation from the text best supports your answer?

• "Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story."

• "It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night."

• "Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees—very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever."

• "Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold, I had no desire."

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6