Figure out the language
"Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim."
What is Personification
make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters
What is vex
What point of view is Tell-Tale Heart
What is 1st person
The reason it took him 8 days to kill the old man
What is he couldn't see the old man's vulture eye
The police come and we know that he has killed the old man but the police do not
What is dramatic irony
"Object there was none. Passion there was none"
What is repetition
(of a person or statement) having or showing great knowledge or insight.
What is profound
He had the "vulture eye"
Who is the old man
the narrator’s tone when describing his cleanup and first encounter with the police
What is confidence
The narrator hides the body but then tells the police where it is.
What is situational Irony
And then, when my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern cautiously — oh, so cautiously — cautiously (for the hinges creaked)
What is Onomatopoeia
having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight; shrewd.
What is acute
"And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled"
Who are the policemen
"The disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed — not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute."
What is this foreshadowing?
What is hearing the heart beat
the narrator says he's not mad, but we see that he is
What is verbal irony
" It was the beating of the old man’s heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage."
What is a simile
(of a body) having had the limbs cut off.
What is dismembered
"I foamed — I raved — I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards,"
Who is the narrator
"The old man’s hour had come!"
What is the narrator getting ready to do?
What is kill the old man
The narrator's insistence on his sanity. The reader, however, perceives his erratic behavior and the events surrounding the murder as clear indicators of madness.
What is dramatic irony
I heard many things in hell.
What is Hyperbole
in a clever and deceitful way.
What is cunningly
The most reliable narrator
What is 3rd person
“It is nothing but the wind in the chimney — it is only a mouse crossing the floor,” or “it is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp.”
who is saying this and why?
Who is the old man, and what is he is trying to figure out what the noise was
a figure of speech where the words express the opposite of what is actually meant, or when an outcome is different than what's expected, creating a contrast between appearance and reality.
What is irony