Tell Tale Heart Study Packet

The Tell-Tale sum of money by Edgar Allan Poe Activity Packet pic pic forebode ____________________________________________ L. A. Period ________ Your score ___________out of 30 points possible ( Covers plot elements, learning, figurative language, mood, character traits, , and setting ) Pre-Reading Guide for Tell-Tale Heart Name _________________________________________ Period ___________ (5 pts. ) Describe five things that you usually find in a scary/ offense study 1. ______________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________ . _______________________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________________ 5. ________________________________________________________________ Read the following statements. If you agree with them, put a check in the YOU column. Then, AFTER we hold the story, go back and put a check in the AUTHOR column if you feel the condition agrees with that statement. YOUAUTHORSTATEMENT ____________1. People who are insane know that they are insane. ____________2. Sane people sometimes imagine that they peck things. ___________3. If you commit a crime, the worst punishment is the guilt afterward. ____________4. Often its the small annoying things around people that can be the most irritating and infuriating. ____________5. All people are basically panic-struck of the same things. ____________6. When youve done something wrong, wondering if youll be caught can cause great stress and anxiety. Tell-Tale Heartcomprehension QuestionsName__________________ (20 pts. ) After reading Tell-Tale Heart by Poe, answer the following questions using short answers.They do not need to be complete sentences, but answer apiece part of the question thoroughly. 1. Who is demonstrateing this story (narrating)? Is it first, second, or third person? 2. What is your first impression of the narrator? What does he try convincing the ref o f? 3. How does the narrator feel about the old patch in general? What, then, specifically, is it about the old man that troubles/bothers the narrator? Why? How often does the narrator mention this thing in the story? 4. What does the narrator tell us he does every night? Why? 5. How does the narrator feel immediately after he commits the murder?Do his feelings change? If so, how and why? Tell-Tale Heart Comprehension Questions continuedName__________________ 6. What sound drives the narrator to fink to the crime? What do you think causes his paranoia? 7. Give two direct and specific examples from the story that the author uses to take an atmosphere of horror or suspense. These are sentences that set or enhance the MOOD of the story. Give the scallywag number. 8. Give one example where the author uses punctuation or repeated words or phrases in a sentence to show the mood of horror or suspense. . Find one example of each of the following a. Alliteration Pg. ___ _________________ __________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ b. Simile Pg. ________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 10. c. Personification Pg. _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________