The Plot Thickens...
Who was the main character?
Who is Montresor?
This form of irony deals with the audience's knowledge vs the character's.
What is Dramatic Irony?
Means destruction
What is immolation?
What is foreshadowing?
hints or clues to coming events
The method Montressor plans to kill Fortunato.
Wall him up in the catacombs.
How does Fortunato die in the end?
He gets buried alive. (suffocation, starvation, etc)
These are the three types of Irony.
What are verbal, dramatic, and situational?
Fortunato believes he has this on the topic of wine.
What is connoisseurship?
Story is told in this point of view.
What is 1st Person Narration?
The country the story takes place in.
Italy
Why is the narrator unreliable?
Why is Fortunato's name ironic?
Answers may vary.
Use endeavored in a sentence.
Endeavored means tried. Answers will vary.
These two literary devices compare unalike things but one uses like/as and the other doesn't.
What are simile and metaphor?
The tool Montressor shows Fortunado to prove he is a mason.
What is a trowel?
They were told to enjoy carnival and not return until the next day.
“I said to him, ‘My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking today!” This is an example of this.
What is verbal irony?
Montressor getting away with murder is an example of this.
What is impunity?
This literary device explains the feeling of the story like the madness of carnival.
What is Mood?
How much time has passed since Montressor killed Fortunato?
50 years
Why was Luchesi important for Montresor's plan?
Montressor uses Luchesi to make Fortunato follow him into the catacombs to try the amontillado.
What is an example of situational irony from the story?
Answers may vary.
Verb involving movement of one's body.
What is recoiling?
The writer's choice of words in their story.
What is Diction?