Checking Your Reading
Vocabulary
Reader's Toolbox
Guided Reading
Recall
100
The old man's eye
What about the old man bothered the narrator?
100
conceive
It didn't take the experienced spy long to of a plan for escape.
100
first person
If a story is told in , then the narrator uses words such as I and we, and is part of the action.
100
He he asks him how he slept that night.
In what way does the narrator speak to the old man during the day?
100
kill him
What is the narrator's plan for the old man?
200
He watched the old man sleep.
What did the narrator do every night at midnight?
200
sagacity
In many cultures, old people are respected for the they develop over their lives.
200
reliable narrator
Readers can trust a to tell an accurate story.
200
bold, courageous, powerful,wise, calm, sane
How can we describe the narrator in the beginning of the story?
200
The old man's eye bothers him
Why does he decide to go along with this plan?
300
He put the body under the floorboards in his bedroom.
How did the narrator dispose of the old man's body?
300
vex
Jacob likes math, but problems in advanced calculus him.
300
suspense
A writer creates by raising questions in the reader's mind and by using details that create strong emotions.
300
Understands it but chuckles.
How does the narrator feel about the old man's terror before he kills him?
300
beating of the old man's heart
What does the narrator hear while he is talking to the police?
400
The police knock on the door.
Who knocks on the door?
400
cunning
After staring hungrily at the ripe apples that were just out of reach, the bear shook the tree.
400
point of view
What is the vantage point from which a story is told?
400
The old man's beating heart
What does the narrator hear that increases his fury?
400
they don't hear anything but notice the narrator's strange behavior
What do the police hear and see while talking to the narrator?
500
The sound of the old man's beating heart drives the narrator into a state of panic.
What drives the speaker into a state of panic?
500
suave
Betsy's parents were reluctant to allow her to date, but they were won over by Bert's manner.
500
suspense
What is a feeling of anxiousness or curiosity?
500
insane, nervous, afraid
What words would describe the narrator at the end of the story?
500
He's become insane, nervous
How has the narrator changed from the beginning of the story until the end?
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