Year 9
Analysing language in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 2)
Year 9
Analysing language in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 2)
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will read another extract from 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and continue to develop our skills of language analysis. We will then analyse how Poe uses language the present the narrator's mental state.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What does Gothic as a genre often include?
lots of violence
romance and love
Q2.
What does the word 'genre' mean?
how violent the text is
whether the text is for children or not
Q3.
Who was the first Gothic novel written by?
Bram Stoker
Mary Shelley
Q4.
Which list below best describes Gothic conventions?
horror, death, must be set in a castle, has to be a ghost
romance, horror, scary animals, hero dies
Q5.
Name three typical Gothic characters.
siren, tyrannical male, beasts
vampire, werewolf, monster
5 Questions
Q1.
What does the narrator insist he is not at the opening of the story?
crazy
sane
Q2.
What is the narrator fixated on?
the old man
the vulture
Q3.
What does the narrator do each night?
shine a light through the window
sneak into the old man's bedroom
Q4.
What does the narrator think the eye is?
good
mad
Q5.
How many nights does the narrator spy on the old man?
3
5