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Sonata and Cask of Amontillado vocab

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

settled down; became less active or intense.

a)

afflicted

b)

precluded

c)

subsided

2.

prevented

a)

precluded

b)

explicit

c)

recoiling

3.

staggering back

a)

retribution

b)

recoiling

c)

afflicted

4.

explicit

a)

suffering or sickened

b)

payback; punishment for a misdeed.

c)

clearly stated

5.

afflicted

a)

suffering or sickened

b)

settled down, became less active

c)

prevented

6.

payback; punishment for a misdeed

a)
retribution
b)
forgiveness
c)
reward
d)

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7.

preposterous

a)

sneaky; hidden

b)

so contrary to common sense as to be laughable; absurd; ridiculous.

c)

threatening; menace

8.

encroaching

a)

teasing

b)

threatening

c)

intruding

d)
retreating
9.

reciprocate

a)

return

b)

teasing way

c)

threatening

10.

menacing

a)

intruding

b)

threatening

c)

return

11.

furtive

a)

settled down

b)

punishment

c)

sneaky; hidden

12.

tantalizingly

a)

teasing

b)
excitingly
c)

dully

13.

the sequence of events in a narrative.

a)
Conflict resolution
b)
Character development
c)
Plot
14.

idea you develop about what will happen later in a narrative.

a)

prediction

b)
Foreshadowing
c)

resolution

15.

feeling of tension that keeps readers wondering what will happen next.

a)
climax
b)
suspense
c)
resolution
16.

problem in a story

a)

climax

b)

Character

c)

Conflict

17.

conflict concludes and loose ends are tied up in a story

a)

resolution

b)
climax
c)
exposition
18.

is the use of clues to hint at events that will happen later in the story.

a)
backtracking
b)

foreshadowing

c)
foretelling
19.

conflict intensity lessens in a story

a)
Exposition
b)
Tension
c)

Falling action

d)
Climax
20.

High point of intensity in the conflict is reached.

a)

climax

b)

Resolution

c)

prediction

21.

Rising Action

a)

conflict intensity lessens

b)

feeling of tension that keeps readers wondering what will happen next

c)

central conflict begins

22.

Exposition

a)

central conflict

b)

characters and setting are introduced

c)

end of a story setting