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WorksheetsThe Tell Tale Heart
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Suspense can best be described as a sense of
fear
love
humor
anticipation
What word best desribes an unreliable narrator?
Trustworthy
Unbelievable
Funny
Angry
What suspense technique does the unreliable narrator of "The Tell Tale Heart" create?
Misdirection
Pacing
Surprise
Cliffhanger
What does the narrator say that the disease has done to his senses?
Sharpened them
Dulled them
Ruined them
Mixed them
You can best evaluate the narrator's state of mind as unreliable when he
explains that he did not kill the old man for his money.
describes his movements on the night of the murder.
says he is sane, but then describes how cleverly he hid the body.
confesses that he is nervous in the beginning of the story.
Reread the excerpt that follows and identify what tool of suspense is being used. "I resolved to open a little-a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it-you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily-until at length, a single dim ray, like the thread of a spider, shot out from the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye".
Misdirection
Ticking Bomb
Pacing
Unexpected Character Behavior
Read the excerpt below. What conclusion can you draw about the narrator? "Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief --oh, no! --it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe.I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. "
He is a cruel person who enjoys torturing others.
He is an unhappy person who longs for human connection.
He finds joy and pleasure in stalking the old man.
He can relate to the old man’s terror because of the madness that haunts him.
How does the following comparison add suspense to the story? "A single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from tout the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye."
The comparison creates a web of tales.
The comparison creates a feeling of hope.
The comparison creates a feeling of love.
The comparison creates a dark, ominous feeling.
Select the sentence that uses the word VEXED correctly.
She was vexed by her boyfriend's flirtatious behavior.
The puppy vexed the water bowl.
His vexed clothes did not match.
The test was vexed and difficult.
14.) Select the sentence that uses the word VEHEMENTLY correctly.
His kind, gentle manner was vehemently.
My wish for a peaceful holiday was a vehemently secret.
My wish for a peaceful holiday was a vehemently secret.
The brakes shrieked to a stop vehemently.
