Vocabulary
What is cunningly?
This feature of the old man makes the narrator want to murder him
What is his eye?
The location the narrator hid the old man's body
What is under the floorboards?
The narrator claims to not be this
What is mad?
Compares one thing to another using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
In a secret or sly way
What is stealthily?
What is staying absolutely still and silent for one hour?
When the narrator hears this, his fury increases
This is the tone the narrator used to talk to the police
What is cheerily?
Compares one thing to another without using the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
Annoy; distress
What is vex?
This is how the narrator kills the old man
What is smothering or crushing him with a heavy bed?
The old man's reaction when the narrator jumped in the room to kill him
What is a single shriek?
This person reported suspicion of foul play to the police
Who is a neighbor?
Phrases that do not literally mean what they say and instead stand for a different idea
What are idioms?
Bold courage; nerve;shameless boldness
What is audacity?
The thing to which the narrator compares the old man's eye
The location of the narrator's chair while he talked to the police.
Where is right above the old man's body?
This character lies awake all night after hearing a slight noise
Who is the old man?
Giving human charateristics to something that is not human
What is personification?
Statements or actions making fun of someone or something
What is derision?
The number of nights the narrator watches the old man
What is eight?
This person told the police where the old man's body was hidden
Who is the narrator?
The number of police officers who entered the narrator's house
What is three?
An exaggeration that is not to be taken literally
What is a hyperbole?