Vocabulary
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe's Biography
Literary Elements
"All Mixed Up"
100
This word means held back; muffled
What is stifled?
100
The narrator kills the old man because of this.
What is his "evil" pale blue eye?
100
Poe was born on this date
What is January 19, 1809?
100
These are the people in a literary work.
Who are characters?
100
Word meaning to be angry--XEDVE
What is VEXED?
200
To make active or more active
What is stimulates?
200
This Michael Jackson song is loosely based on Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart".
What is Thriller?
200
The birthplace of Poe.
What is Boston, MA?
200
This is the time and place in which a story takes place.
What is the setting?
200
"The Tell-Tale Heart" belongs to this genre--YMESRTY
What is MYSTERY?
300
Reckless courage
What is audacity?
300
The old man dies from this act.
What is being suffocated with the bed?
300
Edgar Allan Poe attened this university.
What is the University of Virginia?
300
The squence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
300
NOUNS you can't see or touch are called--SATBTCRA
What are ABSTRACT?
400
This is the meaning of the word hypocritical.
What is fake?
400
The narrator puts the old man's body here after dismembering it.
What is under the floorboards?
400
In 1827 Poe joined this branch of the military.
What is the Army?
400
Different types of literature are known as these.
What are genres?
400
Both of Poe's biological parents were this---AOTCSR
What were ACTORS?
500
Care or preparation for the future.
What is foresight?
500
The "ticking" sound the narrator hears.
What is the old man's heartbeat?
500
Poe married this woman when she was only 13 years old!
Who is his cousin, Virginia?
500
Also known as the beginning of a story.
What is the exposition?
500
A well known poem written by Poe: HET VNEAR
What is The Raven
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