Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Response to Literature-Dominic Sudo-Hooper

Sudo-Hooper,Dominic, 10/27/10, ELA, 1/2

Do you like scary stories about people that are crazy and kill people they don't like? Well you would like the story
Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. This story is about a crazy man who doesn't like his roommates eye. Then one night his roommate wakes up and the crazy man kills him with his own bed and hides his body under the floor boards.The next day the police came and started asking him questions while this was happening he thought he heard his roommates heart beating and gave him self up. I'm going to talk about the scary suspense,exciting plot, and creepy figurative language in this story.


The suspense in Tell-Tale Heart is scary which makes you want to keep reading.One quote that describes the suspense is "Nervous-very,very dreadfully nervous i had been and am!"This quote shows that the story's suspense is scary cause the guy is very nervous about something in the story. Another quote from the story that shows scary suspense is "presently I heard a slight groan,and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror."This shows that Edgar Allen Po likes written horror stories.

The creepy figureative Language in Tell-Tale Heart makes it more interesting and descriptive. One quote that is figurative language is"He had the eye of a vulture- a pale blue eye,with film over it."This shows a metaphor in he had a eye of a vulture. Another quote in the story is "He was stone dead." Which is another metaphor in Tell-Tale Heart.


The plot in Tell-Tale Heart is exciting because its about a guy who hates his roommates eye. One important quote in the story is"He was stone dead. His eye troubled me no more." This quote shows that someone died which i think was exciting. Another quote in the story that is exciting is"It was open-Wide,wide open-and I grew furious as I gazed upon it."


In conclusion the story Tell-Tale Heart scary suspense, creepy figurative language, and exciting plot.This story is a heart racing murder story that horror readers will like.If you our a horror reader you will like this book.





















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