The Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
  2. 4. annoyed, provoked, tormented
  3. 6. with energy and passion
  4. 8. a state involving beliefs and feelings that causes a person to think or act in a certain way.
  5. 10. highly perceptive; keen
  6. 12. describing a quantity that can fulfill a need without being abundant; being enough
  7. 14. the act of taking risks
  8. 15. putting on a false appearance that hides true feelings
Down
  1. 2. to hide one’s true thoughts or feelings;pretend
  2. 3. dramatic gestures used to emphasize or substitute for speech
  3. 5. the state of being ridiculed or mocked
  4. 7. the people who read a written text, listen to an oral response or presentation, or watch a performance.
  5. 9. an exceptionally keen ability to see things or discern ideas
  6. 11. what is meant by a word; the general or deeper message, theme, or idea of a text.
  7. 13. a way of expressing something in writing or speech, developed through the author’s use of language and techniques.