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“The Tell-Tale Heart”

Edgar Allan Poe

Objective: Students will read “The Tell-TaleHeart”. As you read, determine the tone the narrator presentsand the mood that you feel as a result.

Visualizing

1. Read the following quotes and describe what youvisualize. When you are able to visualize while you read, this iscalled IMAGERY.

Quote from Text	Visualization/Imagery: What do you see?
“True!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had beenand am! But why will you say that I am mad?” (Poe294).	Evidence:
“I heard all things in the heaven and in earth. I heardmany things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe howhealthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story” (Poe295).	Evidence:
“He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with afilm over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and soby degrees—very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of theold man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe295).	Evidence:
“I was never kinder to the old man than during the wholeweek before I killed him” (Poe 295).	Evidence:
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Mood/Tone

2. What is the mood and tone throughout the story? Whatevidence supports your opinion?

Beginning	Mood: Ominous/Sinister Evidence:	Tone: Word Choice Evidence:
Middle	Mood: Excitement Evidence:	Tone: Repetition Evidence:
End	Mood: Anxious Evidence:	Tone: Sentence Structure/Punctuation/Length Evidence: