The Tell-tale Heart Analysis
A Grade 7 ELA worksheet for analyzing Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-tale Heart', focusing on literary elements and comprehension.
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The Tell-tale Heart: A Literary Analysis
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Read each question carefully and provide thoughtful answers based on Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-tale Heart'.
1. What is the primary motivation for the narrator's actions against the old man?
The old man's wealth.
The old man's 'vulture eye'.
A long-standing feud.
Revenge for a past wrong.
2. What literary device is most evident in the narrator's repeated claims of sanity?
Simile
Metaphor
Irony
Personification
3. The narrator admits that he loved the old man, but it was his eye that drove him to murder.
4. The beating sound the narrator hears at the end of the story is revealed to be his own .
5. Describe the mood and atmosphere Poe creates in 'The Tell-tale Heart'. Provide at least two specific details from the story to support your answer.
6. The narrator successfully convinces the police that he is innocent and sane.
True
False
7. The narrator planned the murder for several nights before carrying it out.
True
False
8. In 'The Tell-tale Heart', Poe masterfully uses point of view to draw the reader into the narrator's disturbed mind. Discuss how the first-person narration affects your understanding of the events and the narrator's sanity. Use evidence from the text to support your claims.