10/22/26
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ELA.9.R.1.3: Analyze the influence of narrator perspective on a text, explaining how the author creates irony or satire.
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How does the sound of the old man's heart beat affect the narrator?
It frightens the narrator and drives him from the room.
It helps the narrator realize that he does not want to kill the old man.
It further encourages the narrator to silence the old man's heartbeat.
It confuses the narrator because he is not close enough to be able to hear it.
The narrator says, “madmen know nothing.” How does this statement create irony?
The narrator expects readers to believe he is sane, but his careful planning shows he has already thought through every detail of the crime.
The narrator insists he is too clever to be mad, but his obsessive, irrational thinking shows the madness he cannot see in himself.
The narrator says madmen know nothing, but the old man is the one who turns out to know nothing about the narrator’s plan.
The narrator claims he understands madness well, but he later admits he has been mad since childhood.
Do the officers’ reactions prove the narrator is calm and sane?
Yes, because the officers believe his explanation, which shows he is acting calm and rational
No, because the officers become suspicious of him, which shows he is losing control of the situation.
No, because the officers believe him, but the reader knows the truth, which creates dramatic irony and shows the narrator controls what others see but not what the reader sees
Yes, because the narrator is able to keep the officers calm, which shows he has a clear understanding of how the crime will be seen.
Why does the narrator confess even though the police suspect nothing?
He realizes the officers are about to find the body, so he confesses to make his punishment lighter.
He wants the officers to admire how clever his plan was, which shows he is proud of his crime and has no guilt.
He confesses because the officers begin to question him directly, and he feels trapped by their suspicion.
His guilt and paranoia overpower his claim of control, so his own mind betrays him, which is situational irony because the careful murderer exposes himself.
Is the narrator reliable?
Reliable
Unreliable
ELA.9.R.1.3: Analyze the influence of narrator perspective on a text, explaining how the author creates irony or satire.
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
