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The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart. Writing Strategies 1.3:

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The Tell-Tale Heart

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  1. The Tell-Tale Heart Writing Strategies 1.3: In The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator tells the story in such a way as to reveal gradually his own character traits. As readers learn more about the narrator, they feel suspense. Write an essay in which you describe the details the narrator reveals about himself and tell how this information builds suspense.

  2. Essay Format

  3. Narrator’s Character Traits Denys His Madness Nervous & Angry Quote:_________________ Reader anticipates a big event or eruption This adds to the suspense • Quote: ________________ • Begins be denying that he is mad • Continues this throughout the story • The reader starts to wonder if he is indeed mad

  4. Narrator’s Character Traits Intelligent & Cautious Intrigued By Old Man’s Fear Quote:_________________ More evidence that the old man is not normal • Quote: ________________ • He describes how many days he has planned and waited to kill the old man • Added clue to his madness • Builds suspense

  5. Narrator’s Character Traits Pleased By Arrival of Police Insanity Quote:_________________ Shocking conclusion Suspense was warranted • Quote: ________________ • Starts with pleasure • Builds to hysteria • Turns to fear & anger

  6. Introduction (Start with a good hook, like an idiom, metaphor, analogy, etc…) The author, Edgar Allan Poe, wrote a short story titled “The Tell-Tale Heart.” In the story, the narrator recounts the day his own insanity caused him to kill an old man. The narrator revealed details about himself, and his insanity, throughout the story that helped build the level of suspense for the reader.

  7. Body Paragraph #1 • Pick a character trait to discuss. Make sure to refer to your thesis when writing the transition. • Pick a relevant quote. • Your opinion is your thesis, so go back to that. • Make a meaningful connection!

  8. Body Paragraph #2 • Pick another character trait to discuss. Make sure to refer to your thesis when writing the transition. • Pick a relevant quote. • Your opinion is your thesis, so go back to that. • Make a meaningful connection!

  9. Body Paragraph #3 • Pick another character trait to discuss. Make sure to refer to your thesis when writing the transition. • Pick a relevant quote. • Your opinion is your thesis, so go back to that. • Make a meaningful connection!

  10. Concluson All of this convincing evidence proves that the narrator was not completely sane. This short story deeply affected me because ________________________ _________________________________._____________ ______________________________________________. (Write a fantastic snappy ending).

  11. The Tell-Tale Heart Your essay is due tomorrow. No, I am not insane!

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