Today’s Checklist Warm-up – review short story plot The Tell-Tale Heart questions Movie comparison
Dec 28, 2015
Today’s Checklist
Warm-up – review short story plotThe Tell-Tale Heart questionsMovie comparison
Short story plot
1. Introduction/Exposition
2. Rising Action
3. Conflict
4. Climax
5. Falling Action
5. Conclusion
The Tell-Tale Heart Questions
Based on their use in the story, define the following words. Fancy Vex Foul play
From what point of view is the story told? Identify the climax of the story. Provide at least two examples from the text to support the
claim that the narrator is insane.
Compare and contrast Watch the following video versions of “The Tell-Tale Heart” Shortz (8:00) vs. Version 2 (10:00)Which version do you think provides a better portrayal of the
story? Which version do you think is more suitable for adults? For
adolescents? For children?
Point of view
Tornado hits west of Kingston
Write two lines following this headline as…The manThe tornadoThe house…
Would tell the story
Points of view
First personThe narrator is one of the characters in the
storyClues: pronouns such as I, me, my, mineNarrator may not be completely reliableThe reader finds out only what this character
knows, thinks, and sees
Third person objectiveThe narrator is not a character in the storyClues: third person pronouns such as he, she,
his, her, its, they, and themNarrator is an observer: can only tell what is
said and doneCannot see into the minds of the characters
Third person limitedNarrator is not a character in the story, but
tells the story from one character’s perspectiveCan see into one character’s mind but no one else’s
Clues: third person pronouns such as he, she, his, her, its, they, and them
Third person omniscientThe narrator is not a character in the storyClues: he, she, his, her, etc.Narrator can see into the minds of all
characters We find out what all or most of the characters
do, fell, think and see
Examples
Newspaper articlesThird person objective
“Lamb to the Slaughter”Third person limited
“On the Sidewalk, Bleeding”Third person limited
“The Tell-Tale Heart”First person