The Tell Tale Heart

Which type of narrator is a character in the story and uses words like I, me, my?

• suspense

• third-person

• first-person

• unreliable narrator

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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 our first impression of the narrator?

• He's a kind, old man.
• He's very passionate about caring for the old man.
• He is unreliable.
• He is a comedian.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the narrator say about his senses?

• They are dull.
• They've always been very strong.
• They've been sharpened by disease.
• They are bothersome.

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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 is it about the old man that bothers the narrator?

• His personality
• His face
• His home
• His eye

How does the narrator describe the eye?

• He says it is beautiful.
• He says it is very focused.
• He says it is the eye of a vulture.
• He says it is all-seeing.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the narrator resolve to do to the old man?

• quit working for him
• murder him
• leave his house
• gouge his eye out

Does the narrator hate the old man?

• yes
• no

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the narrator do each night?

• He sneaks out of the house.
• He watches the old man while he sleeps.
• He hides in the attic. 
• He stares out the window.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

For how many evenings does the narrator sneak into the old man's room?

• three
• four
• eighteen
• eight

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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 does the narrator think he hears?

• The police
• The neighbors
• His own heartbeat
• The old man's heartbeat

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6