Starter quiz
- Which two symbols are the focus of the narrator's delusions in 'The Tell-Tell Heart'?
- the old man's house
- the old man's smile
- the old man's eye ✓
- the old man's floorboards
- the old man's heart ✓
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- What form does Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart' take?
- long, narrative poem
- short story ✓
- novel
- sonnet poem
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- Which two methods does Poe use in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' to show the narrator's escalating delusion?
- short sentences ✓
- mirroring
- extended metaphor
- exclamation marks ✓
- reliable protagonist
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- Which language method does Poe use in the following quotation from 'The Tell-Tale Heart': "It grew louder—louder—louder!"?
- extended metaphor
- personification
- simile
- repetition ✓
- pathetic fallacy
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- Complete the quotation from 'The Tell-Tale Heart': “Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks!—here, here!—It is the beating of his ______ heart!”
- 'hideous' ✓
- What is the effect of Poe using an unreliable narrator in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?
- It creates a likeable and relatable protagonist for the reader to root for.
- It adds an element of mystery because we cannot trust what he says to be true. ✓
- It creates tension because we never know what he might do next. ✓
- It creates a more Gothic text because Gothic protagonists are always unreliable.
- It allows Poe to be more creative with the plot and make it more dynamic.
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