A Tell-Tale Heart--Vocabulary and Questions

THE STORY FOLLOWS THE VOCABULARY AND QUESTIONS

VOCABULARY

NOTE: Only the words in bold will be tested. You should learn the others, however.

dreadfully
haunted
vulture
foresight
dissimulation
cunningly
vexed
chuckled
as black as pitch
hearkening
suppositions
enveloped
stealthily
fury
scarcely
gaily
dismembered
sauvity (sauve=adjective)
reposed
derision
shrieked

QUESTIONS

1. Describe the narrator in detail. What is your first impression of him?

2. What specifically is it about the old man that troubles the narrator? Why does it trouble him?

3. What does the narrator do every night? Why?

4. How does the narrator feel after he commits the murder? Is he worried about being caught?

5. Why does the killer confess?

6. Name 3 details, descriptions, or actions that the author uses to create an atmosphere of horror.