How is the speaker caught at the end of the story?

The police hear the Old Man's heart.

The neighbors turn the speaker in.

The Old Man's family solve the case.

In which passage does Poe use punctuation to build suspense?

“So I opened it— you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily— until, at length a simple dim ray, like the threat of the spider, shot from out the crevice…”

“Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions: but he had found all in vain.”

“And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over- acuteness of the senses?”

“The officers were satisfied. My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease.”

Which of the following is the main focus of the story?

the narrator's mental state and thought processes

the complexity of the relationship between the old man and the narrator

the grisly details of the heinous murder

the clever investigative work the police officers utilize to capture the killer

1. What does the narrator want people to think about him at the BEGINNING of the story?

That he suffers from anxiety (nervousness), but that he is not a madman.

That he is mentally unstable, and therefore his crime is not his fault.

That he is angry at the old man, and the old man deserves death.

That he has been driven to madness by the beating of the old man’s heart.

3. Read the excerpt below. What conclusion can you draw about the narrator? Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief --oh, no! --it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe. I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart.

He can relate to the old man’s terror because of the madness that haunts him.

He is a cruel person who enjoys torturing others.

He is an unhappy person who longs for human connection.

He finds joy and pleasure in stalking the old man.

5. Read the excerpt below. Which of the following would you NOT INFER (something you can't say) about the narrator’s character? 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.

The narrator has a life-threatening disease.

The narrator suffers from anxiety (nervousness).

The narrator suffers from mental instability.

What is verbal irony?

when someone says the opposite of what they mean

when the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens

when the audience knows something that the characters don't

What is situational irony?

when the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens.

when someone says the opposite of what they mean

when the audience knows something that the character don't

Which of these is the best example of situational irony in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

The narrator leads the police officers to the room where he buried the body.

The narrator killed the old man.

The narrator hears the heartbeat and is driven to confess.

The old man is frightened when he hears the narrator in his room at night.

Which of these is the best example of verbal irony in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

The narrator spoke cheerily to the old man and told him he hopes he had a good night, even though he planned to kill him.

The narrator led the police officers to the room where he buried the body.

The narrator told the police officers he hated the old man's eye.

The old man was frightened when the narrator was in his room at night.

Which of these is the best example of dramatic irony in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

The audience knows that the narrator is going to kill the old man but the old man doesn't know.

The narrator spoke cheerily to the old man and told him he hopes he had a good night, even though he plans to kill him.

The narrator leads the police officers to the room where he buried the body.

The audience konws that the old man hates the narrator but the narrator doesn't know.

The Tell Tale Heart

Authored by Kathleen Groff

English

7th - 9th Grade

CCSS covered

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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

Sight

Smell

Hearing

Taste

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?

He wants the old man's gold

He hates the old man

Kill him? Who said anything about killing him?!

The old man's eye vexes him

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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

In the closet

He buries it in the yard

He buries it in the floorboards

He dumps it in the river

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 5 pts

Why do you infer the narrator finally admitted to his crime?

He realized he was wrong and knew he should pay for his crime.

The ghost of the old man was haunting him, and he wanted it to stop.

The officers tricked him into admitting the deed.

The noises he was hearing were driving him insane and he couldn’t take it.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

In the beginning, why does the narrator say, "...very dreadfully nervous I had been and am! but why will you say that I am mad?"

explaining to the reader he is nervous

proving to the reader that he is not crazy

answering that he is really angry

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What does ACUTE mean as it is used in the story?

weak

warm

handsome

sharp

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

If a person is described as having SAGACITY, it is because they are...

impatient

young

wise

good looking

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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The Tell Tale Heart

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

Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?

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

Why do you infer the narrator finally admitted to his crime?

In the beginning, why does the narrator say, "...very dreadfully nervous I had been and am! but why will you say that I am mad?"

What does ACUTE mean as it is used in the story?

If a person is described as having SAGACITY, it is because they are...

If you have AUDACITY, it means...

What sound on the 8th night causes the narrator to feel nervousness and anxiety?

What is the mood of the story "The Tell-Tale Heart?"

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