English 10 point
match these literary devices with their definitions and examples from the story "the tell-tale heart".
question 1 options:
this situation is the opposite of what i might expect
“i was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before i killed him.”
the details add to the reader’s horror and terror, and build suspense
“i turned the latch of his door and opened it-oh so gently! ”
excitement and uncertainty about what will happen next
“i undid the lantern cautiously-oh, so cautiously-cautiously…i undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye.”
the narrator draws readers into the story and makes the tale more exciting and gripping
“i felt that i must scream or die! and now-again! -hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! ”
a narrator that we can’t trust or believe
“true! nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous i had been and am; but why will you say that i am mad? ”
1.
unreliable narrator
2.
excessive details/overcompensation
3.
suspense
4.
situational irony
5.
mood