The Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary

What is a piece of lumber of small cross section?

• Acutely

• Scantlings

• Dissimulation

• Suavity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is to listen?

• Hearken

• Gesticulations

• Sagacity

• Derision

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is in a way that shows a perceptive understanding or insight?

• Concealment

• Sagacity

• Acutely

• Dissimulation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is a gesture, especially a dramatic one, used instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words?

• Gesticulation

• Vexed

• Vehemently

• Suppositions

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is annoyed, frustrated, or worried?

• Acutley

• Vehemently

• Vexed

• Sagacity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense?

• Suavity

• Dissimulation

• Suppositions

• Gesticulations

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the quality of having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd?

• Vexed

• Hearken

• Sagacity

• Concealment

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an uncertain belief?

• Dissimulation

• Vehemently

• Acutely

• Suppositions

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the action of hiding something or preventing it from being known?

• Concealment

• Derision

• Scantlings

• Suavity

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the act of being charming, confident, and elegant?

• Sagacity

• Vexed

• Gesticulations

• Suavity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4