Vocab
This word is defined as having lots of energy and passion
This kind of literature was written by Edgar Allan Poe and is used to describe a genre of movies, shows, or books where the person is in suspense or tension
Gothic, horror, or mystery
This story is written in the _________ person point of view.
First
"Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story."
What is the tone of this quote?
Confident and calm
What is the conflict of The Tell Tale Heart?
The narrator struggles with this guilt and paranoia
He showed great ___________ when he answered the question with much detail and depth.
Sagacity
True or False. Poe invented the genre of Gothic and Horror Literature
False. He greatly contributed to it.
The beginning of the story starts with the old man talking about a certain part of the old man that he hates. What is that?
The old man's eye
"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. I fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled."
What is the mood of this passage?
Suspenseful
Where is the story set?
In the old man's house
This word is used in reference to describing someone who is very perceptive and keen; it also used when describing a small angle in geometry
Acute
Poe was not just a short story write but also a...?
Poet
It is on the 8th day that the narrator kills the old man. How does he kill him?
Flipping the bed over him
"I resolved to open a little—a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it—you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily—until, at length a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the ______ ______."
What two words end the passage?
Vulture eye
Does the narrator end up confessing his crime?
Yes
This word is used to describe someone who is willing to take lots of risks, whether those be out of spontaneity or arrogance
Audacity
Poe is the Father of the __________ _________ Story.
The beating of the old man's heart
"I turned the latch of his door and opened it --oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head…!"
What is the mood AND tone?
Mood: Uneasy, suspenseful, nervous
Tone: Eager, excited, proud
This word is used to describe someone who cannot be trusted or able to be depended upon. It also refers to how the narrator is categorized as in this short story.
Unreliable
Sufficient
This is another short story written by Poe, having the title of a species of bird.
The Raven
What wakes up the old man when the narrator walks into his room?
The creaking of the lantern
"You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with what caution --with what foresight --with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him."
What is the mood AND tone?
Mood: Scary, uneasy, nervous, disgusted
Tone: Proud, determined, calm
____________ is the ability to read with expression, by pausing, phrasing or emphasizing
Prosody