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"# $%&' QUESTIONS FOR 1lL 1LLL-TALE HEART () *+,-. -%%-/ $&*
1. '01234 Based on the title, predict what the story
will be about.

5# 60781 9:7:;7:9<4 lrom whose point o iew is
this story told

3. 60781 9:7:;7:9<4 1o =<>? do you think the
narrator is speaking to

@# 60781 9:7:;7:9<4 Why does he say, But why
will you say that I am mad?

A# B3C>DE 9:7:;7:9<4 \hat is the narrators
problem ,Conlict,

6. '<07E 9:7:;7:9<4 \rite down what you think
the author means by I went to work.

. '<07E 9:7:;7:9<4 \hy does the narrator treat
the old man so well in the mornings

8. B0F1< 9:7:;7:9<4 Why doesnt the narrator
leae when he realizes the old man is awake

G# B3H3D1< 9:7:;7:9<4 \hat is the sound the
narrator hears

10. '3D1< 9:7:;7:9<4 \hose heart do you think
the narrator is hearing

II# 6>J7133D1< $:7:;7:9<4 \ho is at the door

12. $:7:;7:9< 80F133D :DE 83H3D133D4 \hat is the
noise

13. $:7:;7:9<8 80F133D :DE 83H3D133D4 \hat is
the narrator eeling right now

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""# "7>D) Listen to story again and track dierent types o irony. lind at least 1 kind o each type o irony.
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-occurs when there is a
dierence between what a
character says and what another
character understands
Ex. Scar says, Its to die for.

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narrator say about himsel,
-when the opposite o what
one would expect to happen
actually happens
Lx. My dog Lucky was hit
by a car.

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-when the reader,audience
knows something that a
character doesnt
Lx.


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\hat is the eect o this irony on the reader

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1. R>>ES >7 :1?>89<373, is the oerall eeling in the story. low would you describe the mood in this story \hat
details does Poe use to create the mood




2. B)?T>208?: \hat does the heartbeat noise symbolize in the story Proide eidence rom the story.




3. low does irst paragraph P>738<:E>=, or hint at, the eents o the story Be speciic ,use a quote,!




4. 1he inal paragraph in the story builds to a kind o mad C20?:F. low does the writer use words and punctuation
to create tension - an een rhythm o a heartbeat Be speciic!

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"U# B1)23 Analyze Poes Stylistic Devices
lind examples ,quotes, o each stylistic deice used in the story and its eect on the reader
(See Poes Sinister Stylings OR notes i you need to reiew these deices.,
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2 dierent words that are repeated:

Quote showing one o the examples listed
aboe:
\hat is the eect o the passage
you selected on you, the reader
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2 examples o dashes or italicized words
being used:

Quote showing one o the examples listed
aboe:
\hat is the eect o the passage
you selected on you, the reader
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Identiy a passage where Poe uses short,
choppy sentences. ,1he excerpt must hae :1
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\hat is the eect o the passage
you selected on you, the reader

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1. lrom whose 9>0D1 >P H03= is this story told



2. low does this point o iew help create the single effect?




3. \hat does the narrator repeatedly claim about himsel



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4. Does this establish the narrator as a reliable source o inormation \hy or why not In other words, proide 3
examples where the narrator is trying to establish his sanity and 3 examples where the narrators sanity is called into
question. Youre looking for quotes here.
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