Tone/Mood
What is tone?
A) how deep or high pitched the narrator is speaking
B) the emotions or vibes a reader feels when reading a text
C) the level of scary that a story is vs the level of happy
D) the way the author expresses their attitude towards the subject with their writing
D) the way the author expresses their attitude towards the subject with their writing
I bade my dog to stop barking at the mailman and come inside.
What does bade mean?
A) Commanded, begged or urged
B) Screamed or yelled
C) Cried or whined
D) Whispered or spoke quietly
A) Commanded, begged or urged
Why did the narrator want to kill the old man?
A) For his money
B) Because the old man was cruel to him
C) The old man killed the narrator's wife
D) He did not like his ugly eye
D) He did not like his ugly eye
What is an inference?
A) A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
B) how the narrator stalked the old man
C) the length of the story
D) Edgar Allan Poe's middle name
A) A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
What is the current Fortnite season?
Season X (10)
What is mood?
A) how deep or high pitched the narrator is speaking
B) the emotions or vibes a reader feels when reading a text
C) the level of scary that a story is vs the level of happy
D) the way the author expresses their attitude towards the subject with their writing
B) the emotions or vibes a reader feels when reading a text
He gave his speech for class president to the school with suavity.
What does suavity mean?
A) Shy
B) Unimpressed
C) Confident
D) Angry
C) Confident
What does the narrator want people to think about him?
A) That he is mentally unstable, and therefore his crime is not his fault.
B) That he suffers from anxiety, but that he is not a madman.
C) That he is angry at the old man, and the old man deserves death.
D) That he has been driven to madness by the beating of the old man’s heart.
B) That he suffers from anxiety, but that he is not a madman.
Read the excerpt below. What can you infer about the narrator?
It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed.
A) He is very intelligent.
B) He is very curious.
C) He is very cautious.
D) He is very threatening.
C) He is very cautious.
What scary movie about a clown just came into theaters?
IT 2
Which of these answers BEST reflects the mood in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
A) exciting and optimistic
B) joyful and merry
C) creepy and suspenseful
D) gloomy and sad
C) creepy and suspenseful
Read the excerpt below. What can you infer the meaning of the word vexed is?
And this I did for seven long nights --every night just at midnight --but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye.
A) troubled
B) enlightened
C) difficult
D) surprised
A) troubled
What sound on the eighth night causes the narrator to feel anxiety?
A) a bell ringing
B) a dog barking
C) a heartbeat
D) screaming
C) a heartbeat
Why do you infer the narrator greets the old man so heartily every morning?
A) Because the narrator truly cares about him
B) Because it is a habit
C) Because the narrator is a very cheerful person
D) Because the narrator doesn’t want the old man to be suspicious
D) Because the narrator doesn’t want the old man to be suspicious
What is the name of the popular Netflix series about a group of young teenagers with a supernatural friend?
Stranger Things
Read the excerpt below. What is the narrator’s tone?
And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to him, calling him by name in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he has passed the night. So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept.
A) confident
B) suspicious
C) happy
D) terrifying
A) confident
Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers --of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts.
A) foolishness
B) being evil or cruel
C) good judgement or ability
D) physical strength
C) good judgement or ability
What makes the eighth night different from the previous seven nights?
A) the narrator is clumsy and makes a noise
B) the old man is awake
C) the old man hears the narrator chuckle
D) all of the above
D) all of the above
Why do you infer the narrator finally admitted to his crime?
A) He realized he was wrong and knew he should pay for his crime.
B) The ghost of the old man was haunting him, and he wanted it to stop.
C) The officers tricked him into admitting the deed.
D) The noises he was hearing were driving him insane and he couldn’t take it.
D) The noises he was hearing were driving him insane and he couldn’t take it.
Who collaborated with Lil Nas X for the remix of "Old Town Road"?
Billy Ray Cyrus
Read the excerpt below. What is the mood of the passage?
The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.
A) confident
B) eerie
C) angry
D) jealous
In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which I reposed the corpse of the victim.
A) to throw away
B) to destroy
C) to create
D) to lie down or place
D) to lie down or place
Where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?
A) in the basement
B) under the floorboards
C) in the closet
D) under the bed
B) under the floorboards
Consider the noises the narrator was haunted by at the end of the story. What do you infer they could represent?
A) The old man’s ghost
B) The narrator’s guilt
C) The amount of time the narrator has left to live
D) The suspicion of the police
B) The narrator’s guilt
What season is the NFL in? AKA how old is the NFL?
100th season