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Foreshadowing
Irony
Tone
Mood
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Foreshadowing
“Death haunts the man with the
vulture eye…”
How does the narrator hint at the
old man’s fate in the sentence
above?
$100 Answer from Foreshadowing
He states that death has haunted the old
man; therefore, he is foreshadowing the
his death.
$200 Question from Foreshadowing
“I went down to open it with a light heart-for
what had I now to fear? There entered three
men, who introduced themselves, with perfect
suavity, as officers of the police.”
The narrator’s question
“for what had I now to fear? may foreshadow…
$200 Answer from Foreshadowing
The fact that he will have something else
to fear, possibly getting caught by the
police.
$300 Question from Foreshadowing
“Not in the least,” she said. “I stuff all
my little pets myself when they pass
away. Will you have another cup of
tea?”
What does the landlady’s statement
suggest will happen to Billy?
$300 Answer from Foreshadowing
She will stuff him because she seems
to regard him as one of her “little pets.”
$100 Question from Irony
“Now this is the point. You fancy me mad.
Madmen know nothing.”
What is ironic about his statement?
$100 Answer from Irony
The claim is ironic because
it’s obvious that the
narrator is mad.
$200 Question from Irony
“If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer
when I describe the wise precautions I took for the
concealment of the body. The night waned, and I
worked hastily but in silence. First of all I
dismembered the corpse.”
What is ironic about the narrator’s insistence here that
you will no longer think him mad?
$200 Answer from Irony
The statement is ironic because
it precedes clear evidence that
he is insane: a clear description
of how he cuts up his victim’s
body.
$300 Question from Irony
“I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had
never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it
was his eye! Yes, it was this! One of his eyes resembled that
of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it
fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very
gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of an old man
and thus rid myself of the eye forever.”
In the above paragraph, what does the reader realize that the
narrator does not?
$300 Answer from Irony
The reader realizes that the narrator is
insane, since a sane person would not
plot to kill an old man because of his
bad eye.
$100 Question from Tone
Which of the following words best describes
the tone of “The Tell-Tale Heart?”
A. apathetic
B. pompous
C. ominous
D. humorous
$100 Answer from Tone
Ominous
$200 Question from Tone
“True!-nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had
been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?”
In this sentence, the author uses the phrase
“dreadfully nervous” in order to show
A.
B.
C.
D.
the narrators unease.
the narrator’s intelligence.
the narrator’s excitement.
the narrator’s arrogance.
$200 Answer from Tone
A. the narrator’s unease.
$300 Question from Tone
What is the narrator’s tone in the following passage?
“I felt that I must scream or die!---and now---again!--hark! louder! louder! louder! louder!”
$300 Answer from Tone
He is anxious and
desperate.
$100 Question from Mood
“…do you mark me well? I have told you
that I am nervous: So I am. And now at the
dead hour of the night amid the dreadful
silence of that old house, so strange a noise
as this excited me to uncontrollable terror.”
How do the details of time and place
contribute to the mood?
$100 Answer from Mood
Descriptive details such as the
“dreadful silence of that old house”
enhance the mood of terror and
suspense.
$200 Question from Mood
“…do you mark me well? I have told you that I
am nervous: So I am. And now at the dead hour
of the night amid the dreadful silence of that old
house, so strange a noise as this excited me to
uncontrollable terror.”
Which of the following examples best describes
the mood of this passage?
A. filled with terror and suspense
B. filled with humor and melancholy
C. filled with suspense and love
D. filled with sadness and regret
$200 Answer from Mood
A.filled with terror and suspense
$300 Question from Mood
Which of the following words best describes
the mood of “The Landlady”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mellow
Dreamy
Harmonious
Suspenseful
$300 Answer from Mood
Suspenseful
$100 Question from
Check for Understanding
Why is the story called “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
$100 Answer from
Check for Understanding
The title could refer to the
beating-heart sound
responsible for the narrator’s
confession.
$200 Question from
Check for Understanding
Read the sentence below from the story
“The Tell-Tale Heart.”?
“The heartbeat caused fury in the narrator the way the
beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.”
This sentence is an example of which type of figurative
language?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Metaphor
Idiom
Analogy
Simile
$200 Answer from
Check for Understanding
C. Analogy
$300 Question from
Check for Understanding
Write a one sentence summary of
the story “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
Remember…include the most
important information from the
Beginning-Middle-End!
$300 Answer from
Check for Understanding
Answers will vary
Final Jeopardy
Define each of the following literary devices:
1. Foreshadowing
2. Flashback
3. Mood
4. Tone
5. Symbolism
Final Jeopardy Answer
Foreshadowing-a technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative.
Irony-a literary technique in which the literal meaning is the opposite of what
is expected.
Flashback-a technique of interrupting the chronology of a narrative by
shifting to an earlier time in order to introduce information.
Mood-the overall emotion of feeling emitted by a literary work.
Tone-the author’s attitude toward his/her audience and/or subject reflected in
the style of writing.
Symbolism-a person, place, thing, or event that represents something else.