Inferences
Plot
Final Jeopardy
What Happens/feelings
Vocabulary
100

What does the narrator want people to think about him?


A man who suffers from anxiety, but that he is not a madman

100

What is the reason why the narrator wants to kill the old man?

 His eye

100

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

100


What type of struggle does the narrator have?  

Internal

100

If something is acute it is 

Sharp

200

Why do you infer the narrator greets the old man so happily every morning?

Because the narrator doesn’t want the old man to be suspicious

200

What does the narrator do every night for a week? 

Watch the old man sleep

200


How does the narrator feel after he kills the old man?

calm and confident 

200

What does scantlings mean in the sentence.

He used scantlings to build his floor in his living room. 



pieces of lumber

300

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." 

He is very cautious.

300


What is the old man's eye is compared to?  


A vulture's eye



 

300

Which of the following does the narrator do last?

A. he sneaks into the old man's bedroom

B. He hears the old man's heart

C. He sees the old man's eye

D. He shines his lantern

B. He hears the old man's heart

300

The narrator was not vexed by the old man he was vexed by his____

evil eye

400

What can you infer the meaning of the word resolved is? 

"When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little --a very, very little crevice in the lantern."


Determined

400

What is the reason why the narrator confesses to his crime?  

He hears the beating heart

400

DAILY DOUBLE

The narrator felt the police were ____ him 

or

Who is Taylor Swift's boyfriend name AND what football team does he play for? 

mocking 


Travis Kelce- Kansas City Chiefs

400

What does agony mean in the sentence?  

He fell off the ladder in agony

Extreme suffering 

500

Daily Double

Consider the noises the narrator was haunted by at the end of the story. What do you infer they could represent?

or 

Sing one Taylor Swift's song?

guilt agony



500

What night does the narrator kills the old man?

The 8th night

500

How did the narrator really feel about the old man?

he loved the old man never had a problem with him he cared for him

500

What does crevice mean in the sentence?

There were crevices in the floor full of dirt. 

A narrow opening