The Tell Tale Heart Creative Writing Assignment
Author Study: Edgar Allan Poe
You will write a short story using each of the vocabulary words from Poe’s short story, The Tell Tale
Heart, 10 in total. You can write about anything you want but must include each word and use it
correctly.
If you are struggling to come up with an idea you could write about…
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A haunted house…
A scary Halloween party …
Getting lost in an abandoned town…
Your story should be at least 1 page minimum
Vocabulary Words: Please see the PowerPoint for pictures and example sentences.
Acute
(Adjective)
Highly sensitive
Vexed
(verb)
Irritated
Sagacity
noun
Keen perception, with foresight and judgment; wisdom
Dissemble
(Verb)
To hide the truth; pretend
Stifled
(verb)
smothered
Crevice
(noun)
A crack
Audacity
(noun)
Shameless daring or boldness
Vehemently
(Adverb)
With intense emotion
Derision
(Noun)
Ridicule
Hypocritical
(adjective)
False or deceptive, like a person who is pretending to be what he or she is not