1. “The Tell-Tale Heart”

2. Directions  On each slide, you will find a vocabulary word from the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.”  Each slide will give you a definition and a sentence example for the word.  On your vocabulary handout, write the definition for each word and create a sentence of your own that uses the word.

3. Foresight  To think about the future.  To prepare for the future.  Thinking about and planning ahead of time. I am glad I had the foresight to pack an umbrella since it rained the entire time I was at the football game.

4. Dissimulation  Hidden by a fake appearance.  Disguise your intentions. The dissimulation of his fighting style caught me off guard during the wrestling match.

5. Vexed  Troubled, annoyed, frustrated, distressed My little brother’s annoying behavior at the movies vexed me.

6. Sagacity  Good judgment  Make good decisions Jesse showed great sagacity by deciding to study a little each night of the week instead of only studying the night before her big test.

7. Hearken  Giving your careful attention to something or someone. Hearken to the character assembly speaker because he or she usually has a very important message.

8. Awe  A mixed feeling of fear and wonder. Storm chasers are often in awe of tornadoes which is what keeps them hunting storms.

9. Distinctness  Clearly defined.  Unmistakable There is a distinctness about her nose that makes her face unforgettable.

10. Concealment  The way you choose to hide something or someone Sammy thought her jewelry box was the perfect place of concealment for her letters.

11. Waned  To grow less over time. My affection for gummy bears has waned as I have gotten older.

12. Scantlings  Small amounts of something. The scantlings from the leftover fruit tray really made Patty wish she had gotten to party before all the food was eaten.

13. Suavity  Graceful  Polite Anne’s suavity made all the teachers think she was a mature young lady.

14. Bade  To force onward  Urged  Compelled Even though there was only one late night showing of The Hunger Games movie, I still bade my mom to take my friends and me.

15. Audacity  Bold courage  Daring (to take a dare…to take risks) I cannot believe he had the audacity to ask me for another brownie after he spit the last one out on the floor.

16. Reposed  To lay in rest I caught Betty napping on the sofa, and she looked carefree in her repose.

17. Derision  Ridicule…(to mock or taunt) After months of suffering derision from her peers, Julie asked her mom if she could move to a school with kinder students.