Help high schoolers go beyond basic comprehension and develop critical thinking and literary analysis skills with this close reading inference worksheet covering Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” An answer key and copy of the narrative are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By completing this close reading activity, students will:
- Read for literal comprehension
- Utilize dictionaries to ensure knowledge of word meanings
- Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques
- Discern the function of a given excerpt
- Describe tone in context
- Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
- Compare and contrast characters
- Analyze a detail for symbolism and make logical inferences about the narrator’s subconscious motivations based on this analysis
- Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor and situational irony
- Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
- Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
- Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
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Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories - Quizzes and Analysis Activities (Volume 2)
This short story bundle includes vocabulary games, comprehension quizzes, and close reading inference worksheets to ensure high school students can read with a purpose and exercise critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Edgar Allan Poe, are featured: "**The Fall of the House of Usher**," "**The Tell-Tale Heart**," "**The Pit and the Pendulum**," and "**The Premature Burial**." Answer keys and copies of the public domain texts are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these activities, students will: * Read for literal comprehension * Utilize dictionaries to ensure knowledge of word meanings * Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences * Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques * Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions of Dark Romanticism * Discern the intended effects of the author's diction, punctuation, and narrative techniques * Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop * Apply knowledge of literary devices such as metaphor, foreshadowing, personification, situational irony, and more * Conduct brief research on Swiss painter Henry Fuseli to develop greater understanding of Poe's allusion to him in "The Fall of the House of Usher" * Explore the connection between the plot of "The Fall of the House of Usher" and the content of a poem titled "The Haunted Palace" * Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence * Write about Gothic fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
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"The Tell Tale Heart" Quiz, Close Reading Activities, and Vocabulary Games (Bundle)
Evaluate general reading comprehension, facilitate vocabulary development, and sharpen critical thinking and literary craft analysis skills with this bundle of materials for teaching Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart." A plot-based quiz, a close reading worksheet, a literary craft analysis activity, a vocabulary application exercise, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, the narrative, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: * Read for literal comprehension * Utilize dictionaries to ensure knowledge of word meanings * Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences * Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques * Discern the function of a given excerpt * Describe tone in context * Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop * Compare and contrast characters * Analyze a detail for symbolism and make logical inferences about the narrator's subconscious motivations based on this analysis * Apply knowledge of literary devices including foreshadowing, hyperbole, metaphor, personification, situational irony, symbolism, and more * Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence * Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision * Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
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