WorksheetsSonata and Cask of Amontillado vocab
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
settled down; became less active or intense.
afflicted
precluded
subsided
prevented
precluded
explicit
recoiling
staggering back
retribution
recoiling
afflicted
explicit
suffering or sickened
payback; punishment for a misdeed.
clearly stated
afflicted
suffering or sickened
settled down, became less active
prevented
payback; punishment for a misdeed
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preposterous
sneaky; hidden
so contrary to common sense as to be laughable; absurd; ridiculous.
threatening; menace
encroaching
teasing
threatening
intruding
reciprocate
return
teasing way
threatening
menacing
intruding
threatening
return
furtive
settled down
punishment
sneaky; hidden
tantalizingly
teasing
dully
the sequence of events in a narrative.
idea you develop about what will happen later in a narrative.
prediction
resolution
feeling of tension that keeps readers wondering what will happen next.
problem in a story
climax
Character
Conflict
conflict concludes and loose ends are tied up in a story
resolution
is the use of clues to hint at events that will happen later in the story.
foreshadowing
conflict intensity lessens in a story
Falling action
High point of intensity in the conflict is reached.
climax
Resolution
prediction
Rising Action
conflict intensity lessens
feeling of tension that keeps readers wondering what will happen next
central conflict begins
Exposition
central conflict
characters and setting are introduced
end of a story setting
