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

The Characters
An Unreliable Narrator
nervous dude who swears he is
NOT CRAZY
An Old man with a messed up eye
Nice guy, Too bad hes so trusting
The Police
Very Friendly
A Neighbor
Nosy

Our
\ Paranoid
narrator

*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 HES

CRAZY?
A. THE NARRATORS
OBSESSIONS

For someone who isnt crazy, he is

preoccupied with really
unimportant stuff

NARRATORS OBSESSIONS - 1

His own sanity- he really wants

you to know he isnt crazy

NARRATORS OBSESSIONS 2
The narrator really hates the
old mans cataract.

NARRATORS OBSESSIONS 3
The old mans heartbeat- it is a
BEAT he cant ignore but how
often do you hear someones
heart?

The RICH old manHAS 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 Policesomeone ends up

dead

Setting:
Most action takes
place in the old

However
The story begins in an
unknown place, not in the old
mans house
Have to infer where the
narrator might be
He is trying to convince
someone is not crazy

Where
do we
go
when
others
think
we are
crazy?

Mood
the 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