Tell Tale Heart Review

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What mood does Edgar Allan Poe aim to create in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

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Horror

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What literary device is used in the phrase 'He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult.'?

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Parallel structure

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What literary device is demonstrated by the phrase 'Cautiously—oh, so cautiously—cautiously'?

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Repetition

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Identify the simile in the following options: 'a single dim ray, like the thread of a spider...'

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'a single dim ray, like the thread of a spider...' is a simile.

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What type of conflict is the main EXTERNAL conflict in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

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Man vs. man

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Define 'horror' in the context of literature.

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A genre intended to frighten, scare, or disgust the reader.

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What is 'parallel structure' in writing?

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The repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence.

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Give an example of 'repetition' in literature.

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Repetition is the use of the same word or phrase multiple times to emphasize a point.

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What is a 'simile'?

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A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What does 'man vs. man' conflict entail?

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A struggle between two characters, often the protagonist and antagonist.