“The Tell-Tale Heart”by Edgar Allan Poe

What to look for…•Uniqueness of the overall plot development and structure, including the following:CharacterizationConflictSetting

Conflict

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Exposition

Resolution

Beginning

Middle End

Basic Plot Structure

Task #1• Identify FOUR Close Reading Signposts… Reference the textual evidence.

Explain the significance. Answer the potential question.

Task #2• Create a written CHARACTER SKETCH. Determine FIVE descriptive words for your character.

Use textual evidence to support each inferred description.

Task #3• Noting the unique plot structure, determine the two CLIMACTIC EVENTS that occur in the story, explaining why each is a turning point.

• Next, determine the two CONFLICTS the narrator experiences, providing evidence as to whether or not each conflict was resolved.

(Exposition)

(Rising Action)

(Climax)

(Falling Action) (Rising

Action)

(Climax)

(Conflicts)

Task #4• Write a SUMMARIZING SENTENCE using the following format: “Somebody (character?) wanted (who/what?)…, but (who/what happened?)…, so (who/what happened as a result?)…”