A Tell-Tale Heart
1- Read the story in this link: https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/the_tell-tale_heart_0.pdf
Warm up
Stage One (Skimming):
What are your reflections and thought of the story at first reading?
Stage Two (Scanning):
After a deeper reading of the story
Task 1
1. What does the eye refer to in the story ?
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2. How does the speaker feel about the eye ?
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3. What impact does the eye have on the narrator ?
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Task 2
1. Extract from the Text five figures of speech and explain them
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2. Does the text include irony ? Justify your answer.
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3. In a few lines, describe the narrator (personality, character traits, behaviour)
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