The Tell-Tale Heart

Name Date Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 “The Tell-Tale Heart” Edgar Allan Poe Objective: Students will read “The Tell-Tale Heart” (pp. 294-302). As you read, determine the tone the narrator presents and the mood that you feel as a result. Visualizing 1. Read the following quotes and describe what you visualize. When you are able to visualize while you read, this is called IMAGERY.

Quote from Text Visualization/Imagery “True!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am! But why will you say that I am mad?” (Poe 294). Evidence: Example:

“I heard all things in the heaven and in earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily— how calmly I can tell you the whole story” Evidence: (Poe 295). Example: /

“He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees—very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life Evidence: of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe 295). Example: /

“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him” (Poe 295). Evidence:

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Evidence: Name Date Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mood/Tone 2. What is the mood and tone throughout the story? What evidence supports your opinion? Beginning Mood: Ominous/Sinister Tone: Word Choice Evidence: Evidence:

Middle Mood: Excitement Tone: Repetition Evidence: Evidence:

End Mood: Anxious Tone: Sentence Structure/Punctuation/ Evidence: Length Evidence:

Setting 3. How does the setting affect the plot and the characters? What is the setting? Beginning: Middle: End: How does the setting The setting affects the plot by making it scarier. affect the plot? Evidence:

How does the setting Old Man: Narrator: affect the characters? Evidence:

How does the setting The setting affects the mood because the reader can imagine being there. affect the mood? Evidence:

Elements of Fiction—Plot 4. Draw the plot diagram. Label the plot diagram and summarize the plot. Name Date Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 “The Tell-Tale Heart” Edgar Allan Poe Goal: Students will create a poster that compares and contrasts the characteristics from the perspective of how the narrator views himself and from the perspective of how others view the narrator from the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” (pp. 294-302). Remember, your poster should be creative and colorful.