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💔Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart" Vocabulary Review💔

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He could stand the ____________________, or mockery, from the other students no longer.

a)

macabre

b)

abject

c)

derision

d)

desolate

2.

With wild ____________, the stunt-double ran through the flaming ring of fire!

a)

scantling

b)

vexation

c)

melancholy

d)

audacity

3.

During the construction process, the contractor brought in ________________, or floorboards for the hardwood flooring.

a)

derision

b)

macabre

c)

vexing

d)

scantlings

4.

To be dark and ominous, is to be considered _______________.

a)

enthralling

b)

macabre

c)

vexed

d)

dismembering

5.

When one is driven insane or crazy by something very specific, it is considered to _______________ them.

a)

vex

b)

melancholy

c)

dismember

d)

apparition

6.

With great __________, the stalker crept into the room under the cover of darkness.

a)

abberation

b)

dissimulation

c)

vex

d)

enthralling

7.

Who is the author of the "Tell Tale Heart?"

a)

Edgar Allan Poe

b)

HG Wells

c)

Mary Shelley

d)

WW Jacobs

8.

___________ is another word for prior knowledge when considering vocabulary.

a)

schema

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

9.

BONUS WORD Question: The student went to great lengths to _____________, or hide the stolen notepad.

a)

conceal

b)

abject

c)

vex

d)

audacity

10.

BONUS WORD Question: I worked _______________ on the project, using time wisely and never taking a break.

a)

derisively

b)

vexingly

c)

hastily

d)

macabre