Drawing the Plot
The events that occur after the climax, where the conflict begins to be resolved.
What is Falling Action
"Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth"
What is Hyperbole
"I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire."
What is verbal irony
This is the point of view Poe tell the story Tell Tale Heart
What is first person
The narrator burst into the old man's room, overturns the old man's bed and kills him
What is the climax
The beginning of the story where characters, setting, and initial situation are introduced.
What is the exposition
"I undid the lantern cautiously — oh, so cautiously — cautiously"
What is repitition
"...but why will you say that I am mad?.... You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing...do you mark me well?
What is dramatic Irony
This is why the narrator wants to kill the old man
What is he hates the old man's clouded blue eye
The narrator is the caretaker for an old man, unknown time and place.
What is the exposition
A series of events that build tension and lead to the climax
What is rising action
"His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness"
What is a simile
"for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers,"
dramatic Irony
Throughout the story, the narrator is gradually taken over by this
What is madness
The old man is dead, thus the eye cannot disturb him anymore
What is falling action
The conclusion of the story, where the loose ends are tied up and the conflict is resolved.
What is resolution
"Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim."
What is Personification
"If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions...dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — tear up the planks! — here, here! — it is the beating of his hideous heart"
Situational Irony
The narrator goes into the mans room for seven days. Why didn't he kill him?
What is he couldn't see the old man's eye and wasn't motivated to kill him
The narrator shrieks and confesses to the crime
What is the resolution
The turning point or the most exciting part of the story, where the conflict reaches its peak.
What is the climax
"vulture eye"
symbolism
"True! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed — not dulled them... Hearken! and observe how healthily — how calmly I can tell you the whole story. "
Dramatic irony
On the 8th night the narrator is furious. How do the old man's feeling contrast with the narrator?
what is the old man is fearful
The narrator peaks in on the man for 7 days
What is rising action