Figurative Language
The point-of-view the story is written in
What is the first-person point of view
The reason why the narrator wants to kill the old man
What is because of his eye?
put these five in order of when they happened in the story
___ Confesses to the murder
____ Kills the old man
___ Watches the old man
___ Says I have never been kinder to the old man
___ Says watch how I can tell this story so calmly
1. says watch how I can tell the story calm
2. never been kinder to the old man
3. watches the old man
4. kills the old man
5. confesses the murder
Sharp
Is this quote an example of Simile or metaphor:
"His eye was like the eye of a vulture."
What is a simile.
The narrator does this every night for a week.
What is watch the old man sleep?
How does the narrator feel after he kills the old man
calm and confident
Consider the noises the narrator was haunted by at the end of the story. What do you infer they could represent?
guilt agony
When the narrator builds a sense of growing tension, fear, and excitement, felt by readers he is building what in the story
What is suspense?
The old man's eye is compared to
What is a vulture's eye?
How did the old man feel after he spoke with the police ?
nervous guilty agony
The narrator was not vexed by the old man he was vexed by his____
evil eye
This quote is an example of internal or external conflict?
"I was suffering more than I could bear, from their smiles, and from that sound."
What is internal conflict.
The reason why the narrator confesses to his crime.
What is he hears the beating heart?
The narrator felt the police were ____ him
mocking
The old man (when he sat up because he heard a noise) felt what emotion?
he was scared / terror
This quote is an example of irony or foreshadowing?
"I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him."
What is foreshadowing?
On this night, the narrator kills the old man
What is the 8th night?
he loved the old man never had a problem with him he cared for him
Which of the following does the narrator do last?
A. he sneaks into the old mans bedroom
B. He hears the old mans heart
C. He sees the old mans eye
D. He shines his lantern
B