Students read the first paragraph of the story and write down three predictions about what the story will be about based on the title as well as the diction and tone used by the narrator in this first paragraph.
TRUE! – nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and
am, but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses –
not destroyed- not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I
heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How,
then am I mad? Hearken! And observe how healthily – how calmly I can tell you
the whole story.
2. Suggest
the literary clues in the text that led you make those predictions. Why is the
passage a good example of foreshadowing? Explain how the passage sets the tone
and mood of the story.
3. See
the animated video BY Annette Jung below to learn about tone and mood.
4. Choose
some quotations from the text that best describes the tone and the mood in the
story.
Finally, if you want to learn a little about the
author, here is a link to a short bio.
And here is a linkto the pdf of the story:
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