Cask of Amontillado
What does Montressor keep secret from Fortunato?
His motive/his need for revenge
How does the narrator describe the old man's eye?
How does the narrator feel at the beginning of the story?
Resolutely courageous and unshaken in
purpose
undaunted
From The Raven:
Which type of figurative language is used here?
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door— Perched, and sat, and nothing more
Allusion - Pallas (Greek Goddess)
What are both Fortunato and Montressor experts in?
Wine
What does the narrator think the police are doing at the end of the story?
What is the overall tone of the speaker of The Raven?
sad/nostalgic/depressed/hopeless
Providing no shelter or sustenance;
alone or abandoned
desolate
What is the main difference between mood and tone?
Mood - how the reader feels
Tone - how the speaker/author feels
What would the reader not know if the story was written from Fortunato's point of view?
Why Montressor is upset/he wants revenge
Why does the narrator kill the old man?
His eye
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABCBBB
To ask for or request earnestly
entreat
Which type of irony is used in the following scenario?
The reader knows Montressor hates Fortunato.
Dramatic irony
What tone of voice would Montressor use to speak of Fortunato?
disgust/disrespect/hatred
What does the narrator do at the end of the story?
Confess
Where is the Raven at the end of the story?
Still on the bust of Pallas
The appearance conveyed by a person’s
face
countenance
What type of poetic device is used here?
"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before"
alliteration
What character traits causes Montressor to be an unreliable narrator?
Deceptive/Manipulative
What character trait causes this narrator to be an unreliable narrator?
hearing things that are not there (insanity)
What character trait causes this narrator to be an unreliable narrator?
possibly sleeping/overwhelmed by grief
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or
tragic developments
ominous
What type of figurative language is used here?
"He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it..."
metaphor (vulture eye)