The Cask of Amontillado Vocabulary Part 1

Impunity

• Evilness

• Free from punishment

• Punishment

• A type of wine

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection

• abscond

• aperture

• Immolation

• impunity

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Immolation

• to kill as a sacrificial victim

• an opening, hole, or gap

• leave hurriedly

• happy, kind

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

an opening, hole, or gap

• abscond

• aperture

• masonry

• virtuoso

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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

• Preclude

• Repose

• Subside

• Termination

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

a network of caves/tunnels that is used for the burial of dead and for the storage of wine

• Preclude

• Repose

• Nitre

• Catacombs

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

A colorless to white mineral that crystallizes in caves/caverns

• Trowel

• Nitre

• Coat of arms

• Lent

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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

• impunity

• precluded

• endeavors

• retribution

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a quack?

• Someone who is very knowledgeable

• Someone who pretends to have knowledge

• Someone with a PhD

• Someone with a duck

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Identify the vocabulary word that matches the following definition:

when a character or the narrator says one thing, but means the opposite

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A