"The Tell-Tale Heart" Vocabulary

Believable reason why a suspect could not have been at the scene of a crime.

• disheveled

• hastily

• alibi

• furious

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.W.8.1B

Hanging loosely; untidy; disarranged

• disheveled

• hastily

• alibi

• furious

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

To move quickly, speedy, hurriedly

• Disheveled

• hastily

• alibi

• furious

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Full of fury, rage, anger

• disheveled

• hastily

• alibi

• furious

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Conforming to moral and ethical principles

• virtuous

• suavity

• precisely

• villainously

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Smooth in manner; agreeable or polite; sophisticated

• virtuous

• suavity

• precisely

• villainously

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character

• virtuous

• suavity

• precisely

• villainously

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Exactly; on point; on target

• virtuous

• suavity

• precisely

• villainously

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Without haste

• Eminent

• leisurely

• derision

• audacity

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

In a secret or sly way

• eminent

• leisurely

• derision

• stealthily

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4