Tension in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
Tension in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
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Key stage
Category
Prose: Language analysis
Resource type
Student activity
Author
Edgar Allan Poe
A nine-slide PowerPoint resource which explores how tension is created in The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. Students are asked to look at the language closely and think about the effect of rhetorical questions, repetition and short, simple sentences. They are then asked to plot the tension levels on a graph before finally writing their own horror story using the same techniques. 

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