"The Tell-Tale Heart" By Edgar Allan Poe Character Analysis Direction Sheet printable pdf download

"The Tell-Tale Heart" By Edgar Allan Poe Character Analysis Direction Sheet

“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe

Character Analysis Direction Sheet

Directions: Do not write on this sheet. Follow the directions below. Get the graphic

organizers from your teacher. Use the book and your reading log to help you.

PART 1 – ANALYZE THE CHARACTER

Graphic Organizer 1 (front) – Complete the chart with BASIC INFORMATION to

determine how the narrator feels about himself and how you feel about him. Use the

information from your Reading Log questions and chart (unreliable/reliable narrator)

to help you fill out this chart.

Graphic Organizer 2 (back) - What kind of person is the narrator? Reread the story

looking for details that reveal the nature of this strange man. Use these details to

complete the chart. You must have at least 2 items in each row/section of the chart.

Look for examples of both direct and indirect characterization. For the “WORDS -

What He Says” section, you must write down his exact words (put quotations around

them) and the pg. # and line #.

WORDS - What he says

ACTIONS - What he does

CONFLICTS - What his conflicts are

MOTIVATIONS - What his motivations are for

his actions

PART 2 – DESCRIBE THE CHARACTER

Next, complete the bubble map. Use these details from your graphic organizers to

name at least 4 OF YOUR OWN adjectives describing justifiable character traits of the

narrator. You are describing the narrator AS YOU SEE HIM. You should be able to

justify your adjectives based on the information in your graphic organizers. Fill this

information in the bubble map (see pg. 2). Do not use dead words or slang words. Use

higher level, eighth grade vocabulary.

PART 3 – SANE OR MAD?

Complete the graphic organizer

determining whether you think

(on the back of the bubble map)

the narrator is sane or mad. Use text-based evidence to look at both sides. This

evidence will help support your opinion. Do not use dead words or slang words. Use

higher level, eighth grade vocabulary.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" By Edgar Allan Poe Character Analysis Direction Sheet