Tell Tale Heart Context Clues Practice

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

• To move forward towards something.

• Stop oneself from doing something again.

• Something put together in thought.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• Not observed.

• To move or go forward or before.

• To lie down again.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• Working away under false pretenses.

• Clearly determined to be at the end (final)

• To acknowledge or confess.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept.

• Having thoughts or doubts when looking at something.

• Working away under false pretenses.

• Having intellectual thought before doing something.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept.

• House or building that has been occupied before.

• Firmly determined to do something again.

• Having intellectual thought before doing something.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept.

• Having thoughts or doubts when looking at something.

• Something put together in thought.

• Criminal charged with a crime.

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

• Exit of a building.

• Canopy that is propped up between two trees.

• The point from which something reaches.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim.

• Going away from something.

• To move forward towards something.

• Moving around something in a circular motion.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel -- although he neither saw nor heard --to feel the presence of my head within the room.

• Observed again.

• Unopened

• Not observed.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still.

• Stop oneself from doing something again.

• Repeated.

• Framed a photo again.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4