the tell tale heart questions – Flashcards
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From what point of view is the story told? Who is the narrator?
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It is told in first person point of view and the narrator is the "mad boy."
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How does the narrator directly involve you, the reader, in the story?
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He is talking to you. He is telling you the story.
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Who are the characters in the short story?
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The characters in the story are the narrator and the old man.
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Describe the character telling the story? (Give both facts and opinions.)
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He has a disease and he says he isn't mad, he is nervous. He is the care-taker for the old man. He says he has very sharp senses, he said he could hear everything in heaven and hell.
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How does the first sentence create suspense?
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He starts the story saying he's not crazy, which creates suspense and makes you nervous.
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Why do you think the narrator mentions TIME so much, and why does he change the pace from slow to fast?
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It builds suspense and as the time goes by, the more it is torture to the crazy man. once he heard the ticking, he couldn't get it out of his head.
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Why is "Evil Eye" capitalized?
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The "Evil Eye" is a big part of the story, he thinks of it as a real character.
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List one example of repetition from the story. What effect does repetition have?
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He keeps hearing the heartbeat, I think it is guilt.
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Be able to identify suspense, irony, figures of speech.
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He said he could hear everything in heaven and hell, one of his eyes was like a vulture's, I could hear the fears grow inside him.
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The narrator insists that he is not insane. Do you believe he is or isn't? Give specific evidence to support your idea.
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I think he is VERY mad. When he says he isn't crazy, that just makes you think he is crazy even more.
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By
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Edgar Allen Poe
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Main characters
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narrator, old man
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Summary
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The narrator ddoes not like the old man's eye so he decides to kill him, After the eighth try, the old man finally opends his eye and the narrator flips the bed over him and he dies. The police come and interview the narrator, and the narrator puts his chair over the dead man under him! The sound of the "beating heart" is annoying the narrator, so he tells the police that he killed him!
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Examples of imagery and figurative language
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The old man had an eye like a vulture
He sees his eye
He hears the "heart beat:- like a watch that is wrapped in cotton
I could hear everything in heaven and in hell (hyperbole)
