Figurative Language in The Tell Tale Heart

What type of figurative language is used in the line, "It was the beating of the old man's hideous heart!"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

'The old man's eye, it vexed me, it haunted me.' This quote is what type of figurative language?

• Oxymoron

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Recognize the hyperbole in the statement: 'I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell.'

• Understatement of the speaker's hearing ability

• Literal description of the speaker's hearing ability

• Metaphorical representation of the speaker's hearing ability

• Exaggeration of the speaker's ability to hear things in heaven, earth, and hell

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Interpret the symbolism of the 'vulture eye' in The Tell Tale Heart.

• The vulture eye symbolizes the old man's ability to see into the future

• The vulture eye symbolizes the narrator's love for the old man

• The vulture eye symbolizes the narrator's guilt and the feeling of being watched by the old man.

• The vulture eye symbolizes the narrator's fear of birds

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Understand the use of imagery in the description of the old man's eye in the story.

• Creates a vivid and unsettling image

• Adds humor to the description of the old man's eye

• Enhances the beauty of the old man's eye

• Makes the old man's eye seem unimportant

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Explain how the figurative language used in the story impacts the tone of the narrative.

• The figurative language used in the story confuses the reader and makes the narrative hard to understand.

• The figurative language used in the story makes the narrative more boring and uninteresting.

• The figurative language used in the story has no impact on the tone of the narrative.

• The figurative language used in the story impacts the tone of the narrative by creating vivid imagery and conveying emotions and moods in a more expressive and impactful way.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify an example of irony in The Tell Tale Heart and explain its significance.

• The narrator's love for the old man

• The old man's refusal to leave the house

• The narrator's insistence on their sanity while committing murder

• The police's failure to find the body

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Analyze the effect of personification in the line: 'The disease had sharpened my senses.'

• It makes the line confusing and hard to understand.

• It diminishes the impact of the line.

• It creates a vivid and impactful image for the reader.

• It adds humor to the otherwise serious tone of the line.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why is this a metaphor, "...the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night."

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness." This sentence is an example of what type of figurative language?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3