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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

ENGLISH - 1st trimester – Day 26 

Collect homework: Signed progress report 

WARMUP: To be collected TODAY:

Answer the following questions about “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe

  1. Why did Montressor repeatedly offer to let Fortunato leave the catacomb?
  2. What did Montressor “dislike” about Fortunato?
  3. Why did Montressor keep mentioning the niter?
  4. Who was Luchesi and what was his profession?
  5. Draw a picture of Montressor’s coat of arms (see pg. 289)
  6. List the order of emotions that Fortunato experiences once chained to the wall. (starting on pg. 291) There are 8 total.
  7. How does Poe show us that Fortunato is getting more drunk? List 2 examples.
  8. Poe uses both Latin and Italian language in this story. Write down one example of each language from the story.
ADD THE FOLLOWING TO YOUR 8 answers above:
 
Take out your Literary Terms packet and review definitions of: mood, irony, foreshadowing, imagery

Find and write out 8 examples (2 of each) of mood, irony, foreshadowing, imagery from “Cask of Amontillado” (pgs. 286 – 292 in textbook or http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/amontillado.html ) – DIRECTLY QUOTING THE TEXT-  WORD FOR WORD for each example – TO BE COLLECTED

ENGLISH homework:
  • Finish “8 examples” assignment above
  • Study for Friday’s fill-in-the blank Prefix test (the next 11 prefixes from “30-15-10” list) including the following prefixes from your sheet = hypo-, in-, inter-, mal-/male-, mis-, mono-, non-, ob-, omni-, preter-, pro-

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