Before you begin,you should know:•This story leaves out a lot of info

•You have to infer and use context clues

Example: •The Lion King…•Kinds of cars…•Emotions…I never said “I am talking about “TLKing”, “cars,” or “emotions”: you inferred it.

Complete “Tell-Tale” Visual Inference before moving on in the ppt…

TELL-TALE HEART VISUAL INFERENCE

WHAT CAN YOU INFER ABOUT THE STORY FROM THE VISUALS PROVIDED?

FOR EACH VISUAL, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE STORY.

VISUAL 1

VISUAL 2

VISUAL 3

VISUAL 4

VISUAL 5

VISUAL 6

VISUAL 7

VISUAL 8

USING ALL YOUR RESPONSES TO THE VISUAL INFERENCES, WRITE 3-4 SENTENCES EXPLAINING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE STORY.

The Tell-Tale Heart

Another story from Edgar Allan Poe and this time someone ends up dead,

someone is crazy.And someone just does not know when to shut up.

The CharactersAn Unreliable Narrator

nervous dude who swears he isNOT CRAZY

An Old man with a messed up eyeNice guy, Too bad he’s so trusting

The Police Very Friendly

A NeighborNosy

Our Paranoidnarrator

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*Inference Interruption:The more someone gets angry as they try to tell you they are not crazy, they are probably crazy.

Q: WHY DO WE INFER HE’S CRAZY?

A. THE NARRATOR’S OBSESSIONS

For someone who isn’t crazy, he is preoccupied with really unimportant stuff

NARRATOR’S OBSESSIONS - 1His own sanity- he really

wants you to know he isn’t crazy

NARRATOR’S OBSESSIONS - 2

The narrator really hates the old man’s cataract.

NARRATOR’S OBSESSIONS - 3

The old man’s heartbeat- it is a BEAT he can’t ignore… but how often do you hear someone’s heart?

The RICH old man-HAS A CATARACT & hires the narrator

*Inference Interruption:The narrator takes care of the old

man.We are never told for sure, we infer it.

The Police- someone ends up dead

Setting:Most action takes place in the old man’s big house.

However…The story begins in an unknown place, not in the old man’s house

Have to infer where the narrator might be…

He is trying to convince someone is not crazy…

Wheredo we go when others think we arecrazy?

Moodthe narrator hears all kinds of noises- pay attention to what they are- they set up the mood

Important Closing Notes:

•Passage of time – the narrator mentions it a lot

•Noise (sets the mood w/ the noise)

Themes:•Discovery•Sanity vs. Insanity•Cleverness•Guilt