By Edgar Allan Poe

THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO

1. preclude

2. impunity

3. immolation

4. abscond

5. repose

6. termination

7. subside

8. aperture

Write the word, part of speech, and a definition for each of the words on the left.

Your Vocabulary #2 Exam

will be on:• “Cask” words (8)• “Through the Tunnel” words

(6) • Literary Terms (6)

Test is on:

Thursday/Friday, September 24-25

VOCABULARY:FOR A STAMP!

Born: 1809, Boston, MA

Died: 1849, Baltimore, MD

(40 yrs. Old)

Cause of death: unknown

Married: Cousin Virginia

(He was 27, she was 13…gross)

Kicked out of West Point

First writer to pursue writing as a career

“Father of the Detective Story”

EDGAR ALLAN POE FUN FACTS

Poe Bio Video

OPTION 1: Is revenge ever justified? If so, under what circumstances? What do you believe is the difference

between revenge and justice?

OPTION 2: Or, share a personal experience:

Has anyone ever done anything to you that made you want to get revenge on them? What did they do?

Have you ever gotten revenge on someone for something they did to you? What did you do to them in return? Why did you feel a need to get revenge?

Explain how the revenge made you feel. Did you get caught? If you had gotten caught, would that have changed the feeling the revenge gave you? Explain.

REVENGE IS SWEET?QUICKWRITE

5-7 SENTENCES

• An unreliable narrator is a character whose telling of the story is not completely accurate or credible due to problems with the character's mental state or maturity.

• Provides the reader with inaccurate or incomplete information

• May not know the whole truth or purposely deceives us

LITERARY TERMS: UNRELIABLE NARRATOR

You’ll never believe what happened to me on my way to work this morning. I was minding my own business, driving in the middle lane of the highway, when some fool cut me off.

His rear bumper was an inch from my car! I could’ve been killed!

I dropped my cell phone and leaned on my horn. He ignored me like he’d done nothing wrong! So I switched lanes and sped up to pull alongside him.

As soon as my car was even with his, I yelled out the window at him; again, he ignored me! I couldn’t believe it!

WHAT CLUES US IN THAT THIS MIGHT NOT BE A RELIABLE

NARRATOR?

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat.

WHAT TIPS US OFF HERE?

To decide if Poe’s narrator is reliable, look closely at:

• what the narrator says and does, and

•what Fortunato, the narrator’s enemy says.

• What details suggest that the narrator is unreliable—

perhaps even insane.

READ LIKE A DETECTIVE!

• A surprise!• It is the difference between what

we expect to happen, and what actually does happen.

• It is often used to add suspense and interest.

• It is also used to keep the reader thinking about the theme of the story.

LITERARY TERMS:IRONY (RECAP)

THREE TYPES OF IRONY

The simplest kind of irony.You use it everyday when

you say one thing and really mean another.

It is often similar to a sarcastic response.

Mean Girls

VERBAL

A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said “wonderful weather we’re having!”

Occurs when a situation turns out to be the opposite of what you thought it would

be.

Well, isn't this ironic?!

SITUATIONAL

In “The Gift of Magi” by O. Henry, Della cuts her hair to sell it in order to have the money to buy her husband a pocket watch chain. Jim then sells the watch to buy Della hair combs.

Occurs when the audience knows something that the characters in

the story, on the screen, or on the stage do not know.

The audience is more aware of what’s going on than the people

in the production.

This is used to engage the audience and keep them actively

involved in the storyline.

In Star Wars, the audience knows that Darth Vader is

Luke’s father, but Luke does not know until Episode V.

Examples:

DRAMATIC

In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move while the audience is aware.

The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. • Descriptive words,

imagery and figurative language contribute to the mood

MOOD

Doris Lessing builds a suspenseful and anxious mood as Jerry is swimming through the tunnel.

What is Amontillado?

A type of Spanish wine (sherry)

EXPLORE THE TITLE

Catacombs are underground tunnels or rooms dug out as

tombs or sometimes used for religious worship.

SETTING: CATACOMBS

Mainly celebrated in Roman Catholic countries, such as

Italy and France, carnival is an elaborate festival that occurs during the weeks before Lent, a holy season of abstinence and prayer. Mardi Gras in New Orleans stems from this religious tradition.

How might you describe the mood of carnival?

SETTING: CARNIVAL/ITALY