1. Tell Tale Heart & Monkey’s Paw Review

2. Tell Tale Heart How is suspense created?
What does the narrator say to try to convince the reader he’s not mad?
Why does the narrator wait a week before killing the old man?
Give an example of suspense in the text.
Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?

3. The Monkey’s Paw
What is Sergeant-Major Morris’s view of the paw? How do you know?
Give an example of foreshadowing from the beginning of The Monkey’s Paw
Why doesn’t Mr. White want to open the door after his second wish?
What is a theme from The Monkey’s Paw?
What does the paw do after Mr. White wishes?
Why does Mr. White wish for 200 pounds?

4. Vocabulary Danger To think of something To smother Ridicule Peril
Conceive
To smother
Stifle
Ridicule
Derision

5. Events in life are predetermined and meant to be
Expression of disgust
Grimace
Events in life are predetermined and meant to be
Fate
Annoy
Vex
Shameless daring
audacity

6. Literary terms Theme Suspense Mood Lesson about life
Tension in the story created by rising action
Mood
Atmosphere/feeling of the text

7. Point-of-view Foreshadowing Inference
The perspective from which the story is told
Foreshadowing
Hints or clues in the text about what will happen later in the story
Inference
A logical guess based on text evidence and prior knowledge