Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

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Tell Tale Heartby Edgar Allan Poe
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Elements of a Novel

• Plot the related series of events that make up
  a story
• Exposition- the first part of the plot that
  explains the background and often introduces the
  characters and setting
• Climax- (part of the plot) the turning point of
  the story
• Emotional highpoint for the character

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• Conflict the struggles between opposing forces,
  usually characters
• Person vs. person (problem with another
  character)
• Person vs. self (problem deciding what to do or
  think)
• Person vs. nature (problem with environment)
• Person vs. society (problem with laws or beliefs)
• Character- the individuals involved in the action
  of the story
• Protagonist- main character(s) central to the
  action
• Antagonist- a force working against the
  protagonist
• Setting- the time and place, or where and when,
  the action occurs

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• Point of view- the viewpoint from which a story
  is told
• Theme- the main idea behind a literary work the
  message in the story
• Mood-the feeling the reader gets from a story
  (happiness, sadness, scariness, excitement)
• Tone-expression showing a certain attitude

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• Imagery- language that appeals to the senses
• Sight
• Sound
• Touch
• Taste
• Smell

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• Foreshadowing- clues that hint or suggest what
  will happen late in the story
• Symbolism-a device in literature where an object
  represents an idea (roselove
• Point of view- the perspective from which a story
  is told
• First person - I
• Third person - you
• Omniscient narrator all knowing

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Vocabulary

• 1. acute - adjective - sharp or keen (as in an
  acute sense of hearing)
• 2. audacity - noun - presumption insolence
  impudence bold courage
• daring
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• 3. derision - noun - contempt or ridicule
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• 4. foresight - noun - a looking forward the
  power to see what will happen thoughtful regard
  for the future

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Vocabualry

• 5. mockery - noun - a person or thing receiving
  or deserving ridicule or derision an impertinent
  imitation
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• 6. premises - noun - a piece of real estate a
  house or building and its land
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• 7. profound - adjective - marked by intellectual
  depth deeply or intensely felt
• 8. raved - verb - to talk wildly with excessive
  enthusiasm (about someone or something)

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Vocabulary

• 9. refrained - verb - held back kept from doing
  something
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• 10. sagacity - noun - keen perception or
  penetrating intelligence sound judgment
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• 11. stifled - verb - to suppress or hold back to
  check or stop
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• 12. unperceived - verb - not seen or understood
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• 11. stifled - verb - to suppress or hold back to
  check or stop
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• 12. unperceived - verb - not seen or understood

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Vocabulary

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• 13. vehemently - adverb - acting with great
  force violently or forcefully
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• 14. vex - verb - to disturb or annoy to terrify
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• 15. waned - verb - to become less intense (as in
  The light of the moon waned as dawn approached.)