In this activity, you will practice using a plot diagram. Reread Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” and diagram the plot structure of the story. If you’re not sure how to start diagramming a plot, begin by summarizing the text in a sentence or two and making notes about the key characters and plot points. You can also use this online tool to guide you through the steps of building a diagram for this story. Provide details from the “The Tell-Tale Heart” for each part of the plot. At the exposition phase, note the characters, setting, and conflicts. You can create an image in a drawing program or an online tool, and then insert it in the answer space. Or you can simply type in text for each part of the plot.