The tell-tale heart Responding to Text Directions: As you read “The Tell-Tale Heart,” by Edgar Allen Poe, please complete the chart below showing your response to the text. Questions Your Response 1. How does the story open? What information does it provide? Is it effective? Why or why not? Write a RESPONSE that answers these questions. 2. When and where does the author set the story? How does it affect the story (or not)? Is it a factor as the tale unfolds? Write a RESPONSE that answers these questions. 3. What is the point of view of the story? Is it effective? Why or why not? Write a RESPONSE that answers these questions. 4. Who is the main character? What motivates him? Write a RESPONSE that answers these questions. Be sure to provide textual evidence in your response.

Read this sentence from the interview. when i say that an actor is natural, i mean that he appears to act in accordance with his ideal, in accordance with his nature, and that he is not an imitator or a copyist—that he is not made up of shreds and patches taken from others, but that all he does flows from interior fountains and is consistent with his own nature, all having in a marked degree the highest characteristics of the man. how does the phrase "flows from interior fountains" affect the interview? a-it suggests that actors have more to give of themselves than other people do. b- it suggests that actors try their hardest to create believable characters. c- it suggests that actors include a part of their own essence in the roles they play. d- it suggests that actors have an abundance of emotions that they must release.

Is the slightly humorous tone of kristof's essay inappropriate for a discussion of deliberately killing wild animals? why or why not?

In the essay “drowning in dishes,” what is ironic about the fact that danial’s first position in his new job is the dishwashing station?