Cask of Amontillado Vocabulary

comically or repulsively ugly or distorted

• gesticulate

• gesture

• grotesque

• nunya business

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

to seek revenge

• avenge

• average

• agenda

• avarice

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

- an opening, hole, or gap

• abscond

• aperture

• Immolation

• impunity

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

definition - to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible

• preclude

• repose

• subside

• termination

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

definition - an end or extremity; close or conclusion

• preclude

• repose

• subside

• termination

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

punishment inflicted upon someone as a form of vengeance for a wrongdoing

• impunity

• precluded

• endeavors

• retribution

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Definition: accost

• to put or set as if by authority

• leave secretly to avoid capture

• to confront boldly

• a parti-colored garment

Identify the vocabulary word that matches the following definition:

the narrator's position or perspective while the story is being told

• mood

• point of view

• tone

• voice

a sacrifice

• abscond

• aperture

• Immolation

• impunity

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify the vocabulary word that matches the following definition:

Payback; punishment

• precluded

• accosted

• explicit

• retribution