The Tell-Tale Heart Game

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the tell-tale heart

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Introduction

“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — tear up the planks! — here, here! — it is the beating of his hideous heart!” The officers look at you in disbelief for a moment. Then, one of the three officers shrieks, "Place him under arrest!"

Do you...

Comply with the officers?

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Run up the stairs to escape out of the window?

You run up the stairs in a frenzy. The three officers chase you, and just as you reach the window, one officer grabs you by the back of the shirt."You aren't going anywhere," he says. Do you...

Go with the officers

Try to break free

You hold out your hands so the officer can cuff them. All the while you hear that hideous heartbeat...louder, louder, louder. What does the heartbeat symbolize in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

Your anger

Your guilt

Your fear

You struggle, trying to break free, when you hear the hideous heartbeat. It grows louder, louder, louder...you can't take it anymore! What does the heartbeat symbolize in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

Your madness

Your sadness

Your guilt

The officers put the handcuffs on you and escort you to their car. As they push you into the back of the car, a loud clap of thunder erupts with a

BOOM!

jump.

This scares the officers and causes them to

their hands in the air,

throw

giving you a chance to escape.

When they jump, they

dart

from the car and run into the woods.

You

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The heartbeat grows louder, louder, louder, until...BAM! The officers jump at the sound, giving you a chance to break free. You're scared...what was that noise? You run anyways, darting out of the door. However, as you run out of the door, you hear a horrible groan... Do you...

Investigate the sound

Run away

The woods are dark and seemingly never ending, but you run in a frenzy without stopping for breath. Suddenly, your foot catches on a tree root, causing you to fall forward onto your face. You roll over on your back, gasping for breath. As you gaze up at the night sky, you begin to feel a sense of peace.

Finish this with the sentence that contains personification.

The treetops were doing a beautiful dance in the wind.

The wind smelled like crisp autumn leaves.

The grass felt soft on your back.

You run away from the house as fear courses through your veins. You escaped the officers, but what was that terrible groaning noise? You run for what seems like forever, never stopping for breath, until you stumble upon an abandoned cabin in the woods. As you investigate the entrance, you hear quick but heavy footsteps approaching, so you run through the door and shut it behind you.

Continue the story by choosing the definition of a metaphor.

Descriptive words that give you a mental picture

A comparison between two things

A comparison using like or as

It's not correct...

You don't see the officers anywhere when you come back to investigate. However, you do notice that the floorboards where you buried the old man have been pulled up, revealing an empty hole in the floor.

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As you look closer at the old man's empty grave, you hear the heartbeat...then a groan. You feel someone breathing down the back of your neck.

Continue the story by selecting the simile.

His eye was like a vulture eye.

The heartbeat grew louder and louder.

Find the key to continue

You are tired...very, very tired. You haven't

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After slamming the door behind you, you grab the doorknob to make sure whoever was behind you can't come in. There isn't a lock. A moment goes by. Then, someone begins knocking on the door. The knocking isn't violent; it is almost polite. This somehow makes it even scarier.

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Do you...

Run into the next room

Open the door

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As you gaze into the room where you buried the old man, you continue to feel someone breathing down your neck. Seconds feel like hours as you debate whether or not you should turn around. You can hear the heartbeat right behind you. However, you decide you might as well turn around. What else do you have to lose?

Continue the story by choosing the setting of "The Tell-Tale Heart."

A house

A bungalow by the sea

Introduce el código secreto

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You found a secret message

Remember these notes and play them on the piano in the correct order

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...Keep playing

02

...One more

03

Try again...

Continue exploring the house

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Use the magnifying glass to find the code and then insert it into the typewriter.

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You open the door. It is the old man with the vulture eye, alive and well. "How are you here?" That is all you can manage to say. He just stares at you.

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A briefcase appeared...

congratulations

You've recovered all the ghost's memories! Now he can finally rest and you can escape from the house!

Sure you want to go out?

You will lose all the progress so far...

Back

Exit

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