"The Tell-tale heart" by edgar allan poe
"The Tell-Tale Heart" Plot Practice Write the letter of the event on the correct spot on the plot diagram.A. The man starts to hear the old man's heart beating louder and louder from under the floorboards.B. The old man has a milky blue eye that the young man hates, so he decides to kill him.C. One night, the young man makes a noise, waking the old man up and scaring him and causing his heart to beat very loudly.D. A man lives in a creaky old house with an older gentleman who he takes care of.E. The young man acts very kindly towards the old man so as not to arouse suspicion.F. The man can't take it anymore and shows the body to the police.G. The young man hears the heart beating too loudly, so he kills the old man.H. The young man enters the old man's bedroom each night, plotting to kill him.I. The police come to the old man's house inquiring about a scream the neighbor's had heard. E. H. C. G. I. A. F. D. B. Cause and Effect Match the cause with the effect. The old man has a blue eye with a milky covering. The narrator felt the eye watching him and decided to kill the old man. The narrator was kind to the old man. The old man didn't know he was going to die. The narrator tried to open the lantern, and his thumb slipped. A CREEEAAAKK sound was made, waking up the old man. The light from the lantern shown into the old man's blue eye. The narrator was filled with unspeakable rage. The narrator could hear the old man's heart beating louder and louder. He was afraid a neighbor would hear it. The narrator suffocated the old man. The narrator killed the old man. The narrator hid his body under the floorboards. The neighbors heard a scream and reported it to the police. The police came to the old man's house. The narrator thinks he hears the old man's heartbeat coming up from beneath the floorboards. The narrator starts shouting to cover up the sound. The police think he's acting strange. The narrator can't take it anymore. The heart beat is getting louder and louder. The narrator pulls up the floorboards and shows the old man's body to the police. Prediction Make a prediction: If the story were to continue, what would happen next? The narrator says throughout the story that he's not crazy. Do you agree? Provide evidence from the story to support your answer. Write at least two to three sentences, including evidence from the story to support your answer.