The Tell-Tale Heart Figurative Language

"and the blood in my body became like ice."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

"His eye would trouble me no more."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

I heard a slight "groan."

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Pick the word that best describes the picture. 

• diction

• figurative language

• distinct

• refrain

Why I nodded nearly napping, there suddenly came a tapping. The above sentence is an example of...

• repetition

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

What does the narrator hear after he invites the police in to search his house?

• The sound of the police officers talking.

• The sound of the old man's heart beating.

• The sound of the wind howling outside his windows.

• The sound of his own heart beating loudly in his chest.

Pick the best description for a metaphor

• Comparison WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

• the repetition of the same beginning sound

• an exaggeration

• Giving human qualities to non-humans like animal or objects

What literary device is used in the phrase 'the beating of the old man's heart' in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

In 'The Tell-Tale Heart,' what does the narrator claim to hear that drives him to confess?

• The old man's voice

• The ticking of a clock

• The beating of the old man's heart

• The sound of footsteps

Which of the following best describes the mood created by the use of figurative language in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

• Joyful

• Suspenseful

• Romantic

• Indifferent