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 Characters An Unreliable Narrator nervous dude who swears he is NOT CRAZY An Old man with a messed up eye Nice guy, Too bad he’s 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 HE’S CRAZY? A. THE NARRATOR’S OBSESSIONS For someone who isn’t crazy, he is preoccupied with really unimportant stuff

NARRATOR’S OBSESSIONS - 1 His 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…

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