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"The Tell-Tale Heart" Pre-Reading Check

  1. Match each vocabulary word with its definition.
    • Word Bank
    • dreadful
    • acute
    • cunning
    • vex
    • hearken
    • fury
    • agony
    Word Definition
    (n.) intense, wild, and often destructive anger or violence
    (v.) to annoy, irritate, or cause worry and distress
    (v.) to listen closely and pay attention to
    (n.) extreme physical or mental pain and suffering
    (adj.) sharp, severe, or sudden
    (adj.) shrewd or sly; deceiving; crafty
    (adj.) extremely bad or unpleasant; causing fear or terror
  2. Pick one of the vocabulary words from above. Write an original sentence that includes the word.
  3. Imagine that your mom shouts to you, "Get down here this INSTANT!"
    1. Write a word that describes her tone.
    2. Write a word that describes your mood.
  4. Read the following passage from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.
    “Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living... Be with me always — take any form — drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!”
    1. Write a word that describes the speaker's tone.
    2. How did you come to this conclusion? Provide specific evidence or details from the passage that helped you identify the tone. (Remember: pay attention to things like word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, imagery, and other figurative language.)
  5. Read the following stanza from "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden.
    Sundays too my father got up early
    and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,
    then with cracked hands that ached
    from labor in the weekday weather made
    banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.
    1. Write a word that describes the mood.
    2. How did you come to this conclusion? Provide specific evidence or details from the passage that helped you identify the tone. (Remember: pay attention to things like word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, imagery, and other figurative language.)
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