Transcript The Tell-Tale Heart - Mountain View Middle School

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Comprehension Worksheets: The Tell-Tale Heart
Work on your Newspaper article: due MONDAY
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Mood
Tone
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Unreliable Narrator
Round Character
Flat Character
Horror Fiction
Symbolism
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A person telling the story who
can’t be trusted
A character who we learn a lot
about.
A representation of a big,
abstract idea through an object
or phrase.
A genre of writing that relies
on fear to suck us in.
The emotional feeling we have
as a reader.
Clues as to the end of the story.
The manner in which the
writer decides to present the
story.
A character we don’t learn a lot
about
Going back to a time before the
current story.
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A person telling the story who can’t be trusted
A character who we learn a lot about.
A representation of a big, abstract idea through an
object or phrase.
A genre of writing that relies on fear to suck us in.
The emotional feeling we have as a reader.
Clues as to the end of the story.
The manner in which the writer decides to present the
story.
A character we don’t learn a lot about
Going back to a time before the current story.
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Participial phrases are verbs that end in “ing”
and are used with an adjective or adverb to
describe the action a noun or pronoun is doing
in a sentence.
These are used to show that more than one
thing is happening at a time.
Turn to page 633
Write questions 2, 4, and 5 replacing the word
in the parentheses with a participle phrase.
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Listen_____ _____________ he became
convinced someone was there.
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Work____ _________________I overturned the
bed.
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Smile____ _______________I welcomed the
officers.
By Edgar Allen Poe
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Fiction that plays on our emotions such as fear.
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Good horror makes us think there might be a
POSSIBILITY of the horrible thing actually being
true.
Horror fiction contains a monster:
Someone or something threatening and/or impure
(evil).
 If the monster is threatening, we feel scared.
 If the monster is impure, we feel disgusted.
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Most of the lessons have to do with discovering
something about the possibility of bad human
nature or evil experience.
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Edgar Allen Poe
was the first
American
Horror Story
author.
Poe’s characters
experienced
much internal
conflict, which
made him a
master of
psychological
suspense.
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In “The TellTale Heart” the
narrator insists
he is not mad
(crazy).
As the story
unfolds, we are
exposed to the
darkness of his
mind and
questionable
sanity.
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Round characters
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a lot of personality
and development.
Flat characters
Characters that we
do not know much
about at all.
Use of a physical item
represents a more important,
abstract idea.
A “dark shadow” may
represent Death.
For example, a wedding ring
symbolizes the unending love
of a couple. There is no
beginning or end to the circle.
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The atmosphere or emotional feeling of a story
Mood is revealed through the description of
the setting, the characters, and the dialogue.
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The author’s attitude
toward the subject of
their writing, such as
positive/negative;
compassionate/uncarin
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NOTE: the MOOD is
something that the
reader feels. The TONE
is something that the
writer feels. Mr. T.W.
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Watch the
following two
clips. What is the
tone of each clip?
How does
changing the way
a story is
presented change
the tone?
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m/watch?v=L4KQsPnz
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http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=frUPnZMx
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Narrator: The person telling us the story.
 First Person: His own experience and recollection of events.
Unreliable Narrator: A narrator that doesn't know the truth, or
doesn't have a realistic version of the true story.
 As readers, we know the truth or otherwise come to distrust the
words of the narrator.
As we read, determine whether this narrator is reliable or
unreliable.
As we read/listen write down clues to the narrator's sanity or
insanity.
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Two moments of intensity in a story.
This happens when a character has more than
one conflict to overcome.
Conflict  tension  Climax
What are two conflicts that the narrator has to
overcome?
What events cause the conflict for the narrator?
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Foreshadowing: A
technique through
which a writer
provides clues about
the outcome of a story
before the end.
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Flashback: A
technique through
which a writer stops
the present flow of a
story to tell about
something that
happened at an earlier
date.
As we read the story, write down clues that indicate
how the story will end.
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Acute
Audacity
Conceived
Crevice
Stifled
Derision
Hypocritical
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Stealthily
Vex
Vehemently
Suavity
 Sagacity
 Waned
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Example: look for punctuation and words such as
“like”, “or”, “for example.”
General: Read the whole paragraph for the meaning of
the word.
Synonym/Compare: using a word with the same
meaning that you probably know to provide the
meaning of the context word.
Antonym/Contrast: using a word with an opposite
meaning you probably know to provide the meaning
of the context word.
Restatement: the definition is provided in the
sentence.
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“Above all was
my sense of
hearing acute. I
hear all things
in the heaven
and the earth.”
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Synonym:
precise
Antonym: dull
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Sharp/keen
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“I welcomed them
to their seats with a
wild audacity and
triumph.”
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Synonym: bravado
Antonym: wimpy
Shameless daring
or boldness
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“It is impossible to
say how first the
idea entered my
brain, but once
conceived, it
haunted me day
and night.”
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Synonym:
imagined
Antonym: forget
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Thought of
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“It was not the
old man who
vexed me, but his
Evil Eye.”
Synonym: bother,
bug, irritate
Antonym:
ignored
To annoy or
disturb
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“…it was a low,
stifled sound that
arises from the
bottom of the soul.”
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Synonym: quiet,
trapped
Antonym: loud
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Muffled
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“I opened the
lamp to reveal a
tiny crevice…”
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Synonym: space
Antonym: seal
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A crack
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“You can not
imagine how
stealthily and
quietly I opened
the lantern.”
Synonym: sneaky
Antonym: clumsy
Sinister
cautiousness
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“I talked more
quickly, more
vehemently…”
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Synonym: certain
Antonym:
insecure
With intense
emotion
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“They were
making a
mockery of me!
I was tired of
such derision
and joking!”
Synonym: make
fun of
Antonym:
tolerate
Ridicule
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“I could bear
their hypocritical
smiles no
longer!”
Synonym: twofaced
Antonym: honest
False or deceptive,
pretending to be
who you are not.
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The girl’s smile was a tell-tale sign that she was
lying to her mother.
Synonym: tattletale, a symbol of existence
Antonym: secrets
Something that reveals or betrays what is not
intended to be known
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“Never before
had I known the
power of my
own sagacity, of
my own wit.”
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Synonym: smart
Antonym:
dumb
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Intelligent
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“There entered
three men, who
introduced
themselves with
perfect suavity.”
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Synonym: cool
Antonym:
uncool
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Smooth, refined
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“The night
waned, but still
I worked hastily
and in silence.”
Synonym: cease
Antonym: begin
To approach the
end of a period
of time.
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Fold your paper so that you have 8 squares.
Number each square. Leave room for writing
and drawing
We will stop and visualize what is happening
in the scene.
Below each drawing, write a sentence
explaining what is happening in the frame.
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What terrible thing does the narrator do?
What drives the man to do the deed?
Do you think the old-man knew he was going to die? How?
Why does the man confess his crime to the police?
What does the beating heart represent?
What is meant by “Tell-Tale” Heart? In other words, what does
the phrase symbolize?
What effect does the repetition of phrases have on the mood of
the story? “with what caution—with what foresight—with what
dissimulation.”
Where is this man now that he can tell us the story?
Is the narrator reliable? Why or why not? Use examples from the
story to support your answer.
Was the narrator sane and just pushed to the point of horrible
behavior, or was he insane all along? Use evidence from the
story to support your answer.