"Tell Tale Heart" literary devices Flashcards

1

I felt that I must scream or die!

2

He was stone dead.

3

And now a new fear seized me

4

I heard a noise; I knew it was the sound of human terror.

5

It grew louder--louder--louder! . . . And now -- again! Louder! Louder! Louder!

6

I saw it clearly all a dull blue, with a horrible veil over it that chilled my bones.

7

"I moved it slowly, very slowly so that I might not interfere with the old man's sleep.

8

Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart!

9

Finally, a single ray of light shot from out and fell full upon the vulture eye.

10

It was a low, dull, quick sound like a watch makes when inside a piece of cotton.

"Tell Tale Heart" literary devices