Tell Tale Heart Quotes

“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks!—here, here!—it is the beating of his hideous heart!”

• The Cask of Amontillado

• The Tell-Tale Heart

• Annabel Lee

• The Raven

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

“TRUE!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?”

• The Cask of Amontillado

• The Tell-Tale Heart

• Annabel Lee

• The Raven

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this!"

• The Cask of Amontillado

• The Tell-Tale Heart

• Annabel Lee

• The Raven

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which story features the quote: 'Villains! I shrieked, dissemble no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks!—here, here!—it is the beating of his hideous heart!'?

• The Cask of Amontillado

• The Tell-Tale Heart

• Annabel Lee

• The Raven

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

In which story does the narrator claim to be 'nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous'?

• The Cask of Amontillado

• The Tell-Tale Heart

• Annabel Lee

• The Raven

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the reason the narrator gives for his actions in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

• He was insulted by the old man

• He desired the old man's gold

• He was disturbed by the old man's eye

• He was seeking revenge

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following quotes is from 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

• 'Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary'

• 'The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could'

• 'TRUE!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am'

• 'It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea'

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What literary device is primarily used in the quote: 'It is the beating of his hideous heart!'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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

• The old man's voice

• The ticking of a clock

• The beating of a heart

• The sound of footsteps

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the main theme of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

• Love and loss

• Madness and guilt

• Revenge and justice

• Wealth and power

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2