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Why might the author have chosen to describe his idea this way? - “It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.”
A heart beating.
The simile is used to connect the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.
“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”
He is not insane.
The narrator’s acute hearing may be problematic.
Death
Intelligence
He exaggerates how much he thought about his idea, so the audience will believe him.
The author exaggerates the beating heart to emphasize the presence of a vulture. - “All in vain; because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim.”
A heart beating.
The simile is used to connect the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.
“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”
He is not insane.
The narrator’s acute hearing may be problematic.
Death
Intelligence
He exaggerates how much he thought about his idea, so the audience will believe him.
What does the passage below foreshadow? - “True! – nervous – very, very, dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses – not destroyed – ... Above all was the sense of hearing acute.
A heart beating.
The simile is used to connect the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.
“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”
He is not insane.
The narrator’s acute hearing may be problematic.
Death
Intelligence
He exaggerates how much he thought about his idea, so the audience will believe him.
Which best describes why the author used the following comparison? - “One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture –.”
A heart beating.
The simile is used to connect the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.
“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”
He is not insane.
The narrator’s acute hearing may be problematic.
Death
Intelligence
He exaggerates how much he thought about his idea, so the audience will believe him.
Based on the context clues, what is the best meaning of sagacity? “Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers—of my sagacity.”
A heart beating.
The simile is used to connect the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.
“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”
He is not insane.
The narrator’s acute hearing may be problematic.
Death
Intelligence
He exaggerates how much he thought about his idea, so the audience will believe him.
What does the narrator think he hears as “The Tell-Tale Heart” progresses?
A heart beating.
The simile is used to connect the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.
“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”
He is not insane.
The narrator’s acute hearing may be problematic.
Death
Intelligence
He exaggerates how much he thought about his idea, so the audience will believe him.
In the exposition, what is the narrator is trying to convince the reader?
A heart beating.
The simile is used to connect the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.
“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”
He is not insane.
The narrator’s acute hearing may be problematic.
Death
Intelligence
He exaggerates how much he thought about his idea, so the audience will believe him.
Which passage below best represents inciting incident of “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
A heart beating.
The simile is used to connect the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.
“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”
He is not insane.
The narrator’s acute hearing may be problematic.
Death
Intelligence
He exaggerates how much he thought about his idea, so the audience will believe him.
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