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Tell-Tale Heart

Authored by SandraM Baca

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Tell-Tale Heart
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Who is the narrator of the story?

3rd person POV (we don't know who tells the story)

1st person POV (the murderer tells the story)

1st person POV (the old man tells the story)

There is no narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

 

Because the murderer is the one who tells the story, as the audience we can tell more about...

His unstable state of mind

The neighbor's worries and fears

The way the old man feels in the situation

What the police are thinking

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Read the following line: "I admit to the deed!--tear up the planks!--here, here!--it is the beating of his hideous heart"

Why did Edgar Allan Poe choose to use so many dashes in the last paragraphs?

The dashes are just there for decoration

They show that he is asking a lot of questions

They show that he isn't nervous at all and acting really calm and collected

They show he is nervous because he can't speak calmly or clearly

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What tone or attitude does this line in paragraph 14 show? "I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye-not even his-could have detected anything wrong"

Unsure

Confident

Loving

Sarcastic

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

 

What word best describes the narrator's actions in paragraph 4? (Look at the AGAIN and AGAIN part of the margin on page 98 for a hint)

Anxious

annoying

repetitive

creative

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which word goes best with the word "repetitive"?

impossible

once

slowly

every

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What do you think the word "profound" means in this sentence? "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" (page 98)

intense

far- reaching

showing great insight or understanding

situated at a great depth

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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