Bring Edgar Allan Poe's spooky story to life! After reading the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart," middle and high schoolers identify the theme, character traits, irony, and other story concepts. During pre-reading, they take notes, underline key passages, and circle unknown words. They finish by writing a three-page reaction and review of the story.

Concepts

irony, literary devices, literary themes, literary elements, unknown words

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Additional Tags

irony, theme, unknown words, ccss.ela-literacy.rl.11-12.6, ccss.ela-literacy.l.11-12.4, ccss.ela-literacy.11-12.6, english language arts

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