The tell-tale heartBy: Edgar Allan Poe

Glossary

Trifle: something of very little importance.Synonyms: bauble, toy; fritter.

Scantlings: beam of wood; a timber of a relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.Origin: 1520-1530- Middle English – Old French.

Crevice: Crack, gap, fissure.Can be confused with: crevasse.

Stealthy: Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed.Word formation: Stealthier, stealthiest.

Fill in the blankComplete the sentences using the words that you find in the box

1- And this I did for seven long nights—every night just at midnight—but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who ____________ me, but his Evil Eye.

2- It was not a groan of pain or of grief—oh, no!—it was the low _____________sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe.

3- And it was the _____________ influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel—although he neither saw nor heard—to feel the presence of my head within the room.

4- The night waned, and I worked ______________, but in silence.5- I talked more quickly—more _______________; but the noise steadily increased.6- They heard!—they suspected!—they knew!—they were making

a _____________ of my horror!

Vehemently MournfulStifled MockeryVexed Hastily

Definitions

Mockery: Showing your contempt by derision. Stifled: Restrained, Squelched. Mournful: Filled with or evoking sadness. Hastily: In a hurried or hasty manner. Vehement: Marked by a strong feeling or emotion, something intense or

energetic. Vex: Disturb the peace of mind of: afflict with mental agitation or distress.

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