"The Cask of Amontillado"

Tunnel into the mind of Edgar Allan Poe's first-person narrator (beneath the smiles, drinking and partying) to discover thoughts of insult and revenge.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Fire and Ice, The Gift of the Magi, The Stolen Party, The Cask of Amontillado, A Poison Tree, Tim Burton, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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  1. venture
    proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
    The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.
  2. avenge
    take action in return for a perceived wrong
    At length I would be avenged
  3. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
    I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.
  4. retribution
    a justly deserved penalty
    A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
  5. immolation
    killing or offering as a sacrifice
    I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.
  6. accost
    approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
    He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much.
  7. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
    There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honour of the time.
  8. repose
    lie when dead
    "I drink," he said, "to the buried that repose around us."
  9. flagon
    a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout
    I broke and reached him a flagon of De Grave.
  10. termination
    a place where something ends or is complete
    Its termination the feeble light did not enable us to see.
  11. fetter
    restrain with shackles
    A moment more and I had fettered him to the granite.
  12. tier
    one of two or more layers one atop another
    I had scarcely laid the first tier of my masonry when I discovered that the intoxication of Fortunato had in a great measure worn off.
  13. succession
    a following of one thing after another in time
    A succession of loud and shrill screams, bursting suddenly from the throat of the chained form, seemed to thrust me violently back.
  14. niche
    an enclosure that is set back or indented
    But now there came from out the niche a low laugh that erected the hairs upon my head.
  15. rampart
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
    Against the new masonry I reerected the old rampart of bones.
Created on Mon Sep 22 09:58:38 EDT 2014 (updated Mon Sep 22 13:29:09 EDT 2014)

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