"The Tell-Tale Heart" Review

What is the point of view of the story?

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person Objective

• 3rd Person Omniscient

• 3rd Person Limited

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is an “unreliable narrator”?

• A narrator without a name

• A narrator with an angry voice

• A narrator that cannot be trusted

• A narrator from the past

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which excerpt BEST represents suspense?

• “It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain;”

• “I undid the lantern cautiously – oh, so cautiously”

• “I had my head in and was about to open the lantern”

• “When I had waited a long time”

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What faulty argument does the narrator use in this story?

• He is employed and was working during the murder.

• He has never met the old man, so he couldn’t kill him.

• He is sneaky, and madmen aren’t sneaky.

• He is wise, and madmen aren’t smart.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why did the narrator wait until the 8th night to kill the old man?

• He was waiting for a full moon.

• He was waiting for the old man to admit his mistake.

• He was waiting for the old man to open his eye.

• He was waiting for the old man to shriek.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

How did the narrator murder the old man?

• He smothered him with the bed.

• He stabbed him with a knife.

• He choked him in his sleep.

• He poisoned him.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why did the narrator freak out while he was talking to the police?

• The police knew he killed the old man and were mocking him.

• The narrator kept hearing the old man’s heart beating and thought the police could hear it too.

• The police searched the house and found blood in the bathroom.

• The narrator kept hearing the old man calling out to him from the floor, and thought the police could hear it too.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed!” What does “dissemble” mean?

• to tell a lie

• to torture someone

• to laugh at someone

• to arrest a suspect

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the conflict of the story?

• The narrator heard a heartbeat.

• The narrator wants to get rid of the old man’s eye.

• The police arrested the narrator.

• The neighbor heard a shriek.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the climax of the story?

• The narrator saw that the eye was open and killed the old man.

• The narrator heard a heartbeat and called the police.

• The narrator was arrested and went to jail.

• The narrator vows to break out of jail.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4