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“The Tell-Tale Heart”
Edgar Allan Poe
Objective: Students will read “The Tell-Tale Heart” (pp. 294-302). As you read, determine the
tone the narrator presents and the mood that you feel as a result.
Visualizing
1. Read the following quotes and describe what you visualize. When you are able to
visualize while you read, this is called IMAGERY.
Quote from Text
“True!—nervous—very, very dreadfully
nervous I had been and am! But why will you
say that I am mad?” (Poe 294).
Visualization/Imagery
Evidence:
Example:
“I heard all things in the heaven and in 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”
Evidence:
(Poe 295).
Example:
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“He had the eye 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 the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye
forever” (Poe 295).
Example:
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Evidence:
“I was never kinder to the old man than during
the whole week before I killed him” (Poe 295).
Evidence:
Choose a quote…
Evidence:
Choose a quote…
Evidence:
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Mood/Tone
2. What is the mood and tone throughout the story? What evidence supports your opinion?
Beginning
Mood: Ominous/Sinister
Tone: Word Choice
Evidence:
Evidence:
Middle
Mood: Excitement
Evidence:
Tone: Repetition
Evidence:
End
Mood: Anxious
Evidence:
Tone: Sentence Structure/Punctuation/
Length
Evidence:
Setting
3. How does the setting affect the plot and the characters?
What is the setting?
Beginning:
Middle:
End:
How does the setting The setting affects the plot by making it scarier.
affect the plot?
Evidence:
How does the setting Old Man:
affect the characters? Evidence:
How does the setting
affect the mood?
Narrator:
The setting affects the mood because the reader can imagine being there.
Evidence:
Elements of Fiction—Plot
4. Draw the plot diagram. Label the plot diagram and summarize the plot.
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“The Tell-Tale Heart”
Edgar Allan Poe
Goal: Students will create a poster that compares and contrasts the characteristics from the
perspective of how the narrator views himself and from the perspective of how others view the
narrator from the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” (pp. 294-302). Remember, your poster
should be creative and colorful.