the tell-tale heart

Edgar Allan Poe

Draw a simple timeline of events, as the narrator describes them.

Highlight the points of the story that may NOT be true.

Give evidence to support your conclusion.

Along the bottom of the same timeline, draw a line graph that represents the narrator’s “nerves”.

As the narrator’s nervousness/stress increases throughout the plot, your line graph will reflect this change (note: this is not an objective graph, but you will be asked to supply evidence from the text).

On a copy of your text, find, highlight, and label at least one of each of the following: Repetition Hyperbole Archaic language Emotive language Parallelism Sentence structure – simple and complex Metaphor Simile

Select THREE language features and explain how they: Work together to build tension Create a picture in the reader’s mind Gives the reader more information about the

narrator

The narrator has been put on trial in a court of law. You are the top legal mind in the country. The Defence claims that the narrator is Not

Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI). The Prosecution claims that the narrator was

of sound mind when he committed the act. What evidence will you use to support

your case?