"The Tell-Tale Heart"

4. The story’s main conflict is between the narrator and his own ___.
7. The narrator claims he loved the old ___, even though he wanted to kill him.
10. The use of repeated words or phrases for effect.
11. The narrator is considered this type of narrator because his version of events can’t be trusted.
13. Acting quietly and secretly, as the narrator did each night.
16. The sound that eventually drives the narrator to confess.
17. The tension or curiosity that keeps readers interested.
18. The beating heart symbolizes the narrator’s guilty ___.
19. The story explores the line between sanity and ___.
21. Vivid sensory description used to create a mental picture.
23. The central idea or message of a literary work.
25. The story is told from the first-___ point of view.

1. A word meaning “to hide one’s true thoughts or intentions.”
2. The narrator hides the old man’s body beneath these.
3. The color of the old man’s “vulture eye.”
5. The emotion that makes the narrator admit to the crime.
6. A feeling of nervousness or unease.
8. The last name of the author of “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
9. The dark, emotional genre of writing Poe is famous for.
12. The narrator visited the old man’s room every ___ at midnight.
14. The narrator says his sense of this was extremely sharp.
15. Literary device giving human qualities to objects or ideas.
20. The men who arrive to investigate the strange noise.
22. The part of the old man that “vexed” the narrator and caused his obsession.
24. The atmosphere or emotional feeling created in a story.