What sort of prediction is the
reader most likely to make after
reading these opening lines from
“The Tell-Tale Heart”?
 “You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you
should have seen me. You should have see how wisely
I proceeded…”
Whether the narrator is
really mad
Why does the narrator kill the old
man?
Because he couldn’t stand to look at
the old man’s eye
By not telling the reader
immediately why the narrator is
sneaking the lantern into the old
man’s bedroom, the author creates
an element of…
suspense
What can be interpreted from the
narrator’s action in this passage
from the selection?
 “I moved… slowly- very, very slowly, so that I might not
disturb the old man’s sleep. 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
Why does the narrator greet the
old man so heartily every morning?
To reassure the old man
Upon entering the old man’s room
on the eighth night, the narrator
feels…
Unexpectedly powerful
What is different about the old
man’s reaction to the narrator’s
intrusion on the eighth night?
He wakes up and asks who is there.
“For a whole hour I did not move a
muscle…” This quote builds…
suspense
What characteristic of the narrator
is evident in the following passage
from the selection?
 “I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him,
although I chuckled at heart.”
cruelty
Why does the narrator cast a small
beam of light on the old man’s
face?
So that he can look at his eye
What sound is being described in
the following passage from the
selection?
 “… now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick
sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in
cotton.”
The old man’s heart
The gradual increase in the
loudness of the noise helps to
increase the story’s…
suspense
The narrator disposes of the old
man’s body…
Underneath the floorboards
The police were summoned to the
crime by a neighbor who…
heard a shriek
The suspense that leads to the
confession is expressed most
sharply in….
The ever-loudening sound of the
heartbeat
The narrator’s suddenly blurted
confession is really due to…
His own guilt over the murder
Which of the following words is
closest in meaning to sagacity?
A. Stylishness
B. Wisdom
C. Quickness
D. Capacity
wisdom
What is the adverb clause in the
following sentence?
 “As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking
at the street door.”
As the bell sounded the hour
An adverb clause is a subordinate clause that functions as an adverb, modifying a
verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverb Clauses generally tell when, where,
how, why, to what extent, or under what conditions.
Which of the following questions is
answered by the adverb clause in
this sentence from the selection?
 “I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the
first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed.”
A. When?
B. Why?
C. How?
D. Where?
When?
Which of the following words is
spelled correctly?
A. Derition
B. Decision
C. Explotion
D. Intension
Decision